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Theatre Under Louis XIV : Cross-Casting and the Performance of Gender in Drama, Ballet and Opera / by J. Prest.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prest, Julia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- Clinical psychology.
- France--History.
- France.
- Social history.
- European literature.
- Europe--History.
- Europe.
- Theatre History.
- Clinical Psychology.
- History of France.
- Social History.
- European Literature.
- European History.
- Local Subjects:
- Theatre History.
- Clinical Psychology.
- History of France.
- Social History.
- European Literature.
- European History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature of French court ballet (in which the King himself performed a number of women's roles) and an occasional feature of spoken comedy and tragic opera. Cross-casting also persisted out of necessity in the school drama of the period. This book fills an important gap in the history of French theatre and provides new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender and theatricality. The inclusion of chapters on ballet and opera (as well as spoken drama) opens up the richness of French theatre under Louis XIV in a way that has not been achieved before.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cross-Dressing and Cross-Casting; Chapter I: Unattractive Women: Cross-Casting in Comedy; Chapter II: Boys Will Be Girls: Cross-Casting in School Drama; Chapter III: Female Roles in Court Ballet I: Men Playing Women; Chapter IV: Female Roles in Court Ballet II: Women Playing Women; Chapter V: Cross-Casting and Gender Ambiguity in Opera; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611360795
- 9781281360793
- 1281360791
- 9780230600928
- 0230600921
- OCLC:
- 191934556
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