Gender in play on the Shakespearean stage : boy heroines and female pages

Gender in play on the Shakespearean stage : boy heroines and female pages / Michael Shapiro.

Author/creator	Shapiro, Michael, 1938-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1994.
Description	282 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history --To 1625. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters --Women. Theater--England --Casting --History --16th century. Theater--England --Casting --History --17th century. Child actors--England --History. Gender identity in literature. Sex role in literature. Disguise in literature. Women in literature.

Contents	A brief social history of female cross-dressing -- Male cross-dressing in playhouses and plays -- Cross-gender disguise plus cross-gender casting -- Bringing the page onstage : The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- Doubling of cross-gender disguise : The Merchant of Venice -- Layers of disguise : As You Like It -- Anxieties of intimacy : Twelfth Night -- From center to periphery : Cymbeline.
Local note	Little-290764--305130043703T
Local note	Little-290764--305130043703T
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	94034462
ISBN	0472105671
ISBN	0047210567

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR3095 .S524 1994	✔ Available	Place Hold