| Women, Theatre and Performance: New Histories, New Historiographies Contributor(s): Gale, Maggie B. (Editor), Gardner, VIV (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719057132 ISBN-13: 9780719057137 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 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: 0.76" H x 5.6" W x 8.42" (0.76 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first in a new annual series, Women, Theatre and Performance that will consist of themed volumes on diverse aspects of women's engagement with theatre and performance. Ranging across three hundred years the essays in this volume address key questions in women's theatre history and retrieve a number of hitherto 'hidden' histories of women performers. Resituates women's, largely neglected, creative contribution within theatre and cultural history and seeks to challenge orthodox readings of both history and text. Topics include: Susanna Centlivre and the notion of intertheatricality; gender and theatrical space; the repositioning of women performers such as Wagner's Muse, Willhelmina Schröder-Devrient, the Comédie Français' 'Mademoiselle Mars', Mme Arnould-Plessey, and the actresses of the Russian serf theatre. |