Shakespeare without women : representing gender and race on the Renaissance stage / Dympna Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callaghan, Dympna.

Series:

Accents on Shakespeare.

Accents on Shakespeare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Women.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Africans.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--To 1625.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Political and social views.

Theater--Casting--England--History--16th century.

Theater.

Theater--Casting--England--History--17th century.

Feminism and theater--England--History.

Feminism and theater.

Female impersonators--England--History.

Female impersonators.

Theater and society--England--History.

Theater and society.

Africans in literature.

Black people in literature.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 219 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shakespeare Without Women is a controversial study of female impersonation and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays.

Contents:

chapter Introduction

Cleopatra had a way with her

chapter 1 And all is semblative a woman's part

Body politics and Twelfth Night

chapter 2 The castrator's song

Female impersonation on the early modern stage

chapter 3 Othello was a white man: Properties of race on

Properties of race on Shakespeare's stage / Shakespeare's stage

chapter 4 Irish memories in

chapter 5 What is an audience?.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-209) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-134-63311-4

1-134-63312-2

1-280-31743-4

0-203-45772-2

9780203457726

OCLC:

51045870