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When Romeo was a woman : Charlotte Cushman and her circle of female spectators / Lisa Merrill.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.C8 M47 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merrill, Lisa.
- Series:
- Triangulations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876.
- Cushman, Charlotte.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- At the height of her career, actress Charlotte Cushman (1816-76) was one of the most famous women in the English speaking world. She challenged Victorian notions of gender in her stage portrayals of male characters and of strong, androgynous female characters.
- Lisa Merrill demonstrates how Cushman's androgynous presence served as a symbol to many of her contemporaries, and revealed their multiple and often contradictory attitudes toward female performers, women, and the unspeakable possibilities of same-sex desire.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-310) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0472107992
- OCLC:
- 39733173
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