Women as Hamlet : performance and interpretation in theatre, film and fiction / Tony Howard.

Author/creator Howard, Tony, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction : the drama of questions and the mystery of Hamlet -- Playing Hamlet, writing the self -- 'Is this womanly?' -- Virile spirits : Sarah Bernhardt and her inheritance -- 'I am whom I play' : Asta Nielsen -- 'Why are you looking at me like that?' : Zinaida Raikh -- Behind the arras, through the Wall : Poland 1989 -- Hamlet from the margins : Spain, Turkey, Ireland -- Films and fictions : Hamlet, men's eyes and the ages of woman -- Women's voices in the cathedral of culture -- Beyond silence, imagination.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2006036489
ISBN0521864666
ISBN9780521864664

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR2807 .H59 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold