Examining theatre economics, rhetorical acting, cross-dressing, the staging of 'self', and the alignment of motherhood and work, this book reveals how actresses drew on changing models of gender to achieve phenomenal levels of success over the eighteenth-century. By doing so it sheds new light on the cultural significance of female performance.
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Actresses, Gender, and the Eighteenth-Century Stage: Playing Women
Examining theatre economics, rhetorical acting, cross-dressing, the staging of 'self', and the alignment of motherhood and work, this book reveals how actresses drew on changing models of gender to achieve phenomenal levels of success over the eighteenth-century. By doing so it sheds new light on the cultural significance of female performance.
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ISBN-13: | 9781349334483 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 01/01/2015 |
Edition description: | 1st ed. 2015 |
Pages: | 201 |
Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
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