For the Gay Stage: A Guide to 456 Plays, Aristophanes to Peter Gill

by Drewey Wayne Gunn

Overview

Previous surveys of the gay theatrical repertoire have concentrated on plays produced on Broadway or in London's West End. This comprehensive guide goes well beyond these earlier studies by introducing productions from Off Broadway, from regional theaters in the U.S. and U.K., and from Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Also included are Puerto Rican, Indian and Filipino plays written in English, as well as translations from other languages. Well over half of the works discussed here appear for the first time in such a study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476670195
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/02/2017
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Drewey Wayne Gunn is a professor emeritus of English at Texas A&M University–Kingsville. He is the author, editor or translator of twelve previous books, including two Lambda Literary Award finalists.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Overview of Entries
Preface
Introduction
The Plays
Pre-Modern, 5th c. bce–18th c. ce
Early Modern, 1881–1943
Post–World War II, 1945–1969
Post-Stonewall, 1970–1981
AIDS, 1982–1989
Early Nineties, 1990–1994
Pre-Millennium, 1995–2000
Early Contemporary, 2001–2007
Recent Contemporary, 2008–2014
Appendix A: Performance Pieces
Appendix B: Musical Theater
General Bibliography
Index of Authors and Titles

Editorial Reviews

a wide-ranging array of plays...recommended”—Booklist; “This catalog of the gay theatrical repertoire is a comprehensive guide to those works that feature one or more homosexual central figures or that make homosexuality the play's primary theme…. the only available and reasonably up-to-date source for readers interested in following the international repertoire…recommended”—Choice.

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