Introduction : how easy is a bush suppos'd a bear -- Much virtue in if : Shakespeare's cross-dressed boy-actresses and the non-illusory stage -- The new drama and the new woman : reconstructing Ibsen's realism -- Materialist girl : The good person of Szechwan and making gender strange -- Queering the canon : Azoi toot a yid -- Three canonical crossings. Cracking nature's mold : Mabou Mines re-engenders Lear ; People don't do such things : Charles Ludlam's Hedda ; Epic fornications : Bloolips and Split Britches do Tennessee -- Epilogue : not just a passing fancy : notes on butch
Summary
Annotation Solomon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-200) and index
