Performing visible pregnancy in Shakespeare's plays / Patricia Lennox.
| Author/creator | Lennox, Patricia author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 103 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance Cambridge elements. Elements in Shakespeare performance. ^A1406534 |
| Contents | Introduction -- 'Big-bellied' women: Shakespeare, pregnancy, and dressing the pregnant character -- The gravid body: Juliet, Measure for Measure -- Choosing visibility: Helena, All's Well That Ends Well -- Case study: Hermione, The Winter's Tale -- When pregnancy is visible: what actors say about performing Hermione's pregnancy -- The pregnant actress: The Comedy of Errors 2021 -- Conversation with Phillip Breen and Hedydd Dylan -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "This Element considers pregnant women and their costumes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the connections between a character's costume and the changing social conventions of pregnancy. It questions mid twentieth century productions' reduction and elimination of well-established visible pregnancy costumes. It considers the role played by the sexual revolution in the 1960s in visible pregnancy's reinstatement. The Element focusses on the varied significance of its presence to actors and directors and explores the archives to chart this previously under-examined interaction between social conventions, costumes, and the actors who wear them"-- Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9781009624459 |
| ISBN | 1009624458 paperback |
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