Performing Women: Female Characters, Male Playwrights, and the Modern Stage

Performing Women: Female Characters, Male Playwrights, and the Modern Stage
ISBN-10
0801483379
ISBN-13
9780801483370
Series
Performing Women
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
233
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Author
Gay Gibson Cima

Description

Argues that critics have misunderstood the relationship between male playwrights and women's roles because they have neglected the interpretive skills of the actresses playing those roles. Analyzes hypothetical as well as historical performances to demonstrate how women have invented acting styles to portray women created by playwrights from Ibsen to Beckett. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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