| Description |
xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Revolution, legislation and autonomy / Gilli Bush-Bailey -- Spectacle, intellect and authority : the actress in the eighteenth century / Elizabeth Eger -- Cultural formations : the nineteenth-century touring actress and her international audiences / Gail Marshall -- The actress as photographic icon : from early photography to early film / David Mayer -- The actress and the profession : training in England in the twentieth century / Lucie Sutherland -- Out of the ordinary : exercising restraint in the post-war years / John Stokes -- Icons and labourers : some political actresses / Tony Howard -- The actress as manager / Jo Robinson -- By herself : the actress and autobiography, 1755-1939 / Viv Gardner -- The screen actress from silence to sound / Christine Gledhill -- Side doors and service elevators : racial constraints for actresses of colour / Lynette Goddard -- Mirroring men : the actress in drag / Jacky Bratton -- 'Studies in hysteria' : actress and courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt and Mrs Patrick Campbell / Elaine Aston -- Beyond the muse : the Spanish actress as collaborator / Maria M. Delgado -- Going solo : an historical perspective on the actress and the monologue / Maggie B. Gale -- Changing Shakespeare : new possibilties for the modern actress / Penny Gay. |
| Summary |
This volume is a collection of original essays on the cultural role of performing women on stage and on screen, throughout history and across continents. Topics covered include cross dressing, solo performance, racial constraints, recent Shakespeare, and the actress in early photography and on film. |
| Subject |
Women in the theater.
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Actresses.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte.
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| Added Author |
Gale, Maggie B. (Maggie Barbara), 1963-
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Stokes, John, 1943-
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| ISBN |
9780521846066 hardback |
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0521846064 hardback |
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9780521608541 paperback |
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0521608546 paperback |
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