Title Shakespeare Without Women

Published London : Routledge, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages) Series Accents on Shakespeare Accents on Shakespeare. Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; General editor's preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cleopatra had a way with her; ̃And all is semblative a woman's part̃: Body politics and Twelfth Night; The castrator's song: Female impersonation on the early modern stage; ̃Othello was a white mañ: Properties of race on Shakespeare's stage; Irish memories in The Tempest; What is an audience?; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Shakespeare Without Women is a controversial study of female impersonation and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays Notes Print version record Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Women Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Africans Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- To 1625. SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast Subject Theater -- Casting -- England -- History -- 16th century Theater -- Casting -- England -- History -- 17th century Feminism and theater -- England -- History Female impersonators -- England -- History Rheater and society -- England -- History Africans in literature. Black people in literature Women in literature. Africans in literature Black people in literature Female impersonators Feminism and theater Theater -- Casting Women in literature England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203457726 0203457722

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