| Women, Theatre and Performance: New Histories, New Historiographies Contributor(s): Gale, Maggie B. (Author), Gale, Maggie B. (Editor), Gardner, Viv (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719057124 ISBN-13: 9780719057120 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $80.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: This collection addresses key questions in women's theatre history and retrieves a number of previously "hidden" histories of women performers. The essays range across the past 300 years--topics covered include Susanna Centlivre and the notion of intertheatricality; gender and theatrical space; the repositioning of women performers such as Wagner's Muse, Willhelmina Schrö der-Devrient, the Comé die Franç ais' "Mademoiselle Mars," Mme. Arnould-Plessey, and the actresses of the Russian serf theatre. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 792.082 |
| LCCN: 2001018720 |
| Series: Women, Theatre and Performance |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.66" W x 8.84" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection addresses key questions in women's theatre history and retrieves a number of previously "hidden" histories of women performers. The essays range across the past 300 years--topics covered include Susanna Centlivre and the notion of intertheatricality; gender and theatrical space; the repositioning of women performers such as Wagner's Muse, Willhelmina Schroder-Devrient, the Comedie Francais' "Mademoiselle Mars," Mme. Arnould-Plessey, and the actresses of the Russian serf theatre. |