236 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Shakespeare Without Women is a controversial study of female impersonation, and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's plays. In this original and challenging book, Callaghan argues that Shakespeare did not include women, and that his transvestite actors did not represent women, and were not, furthermore, meant to do so. All Shakespeare's actors were, of... Read more
Introduction: Cleopatra had a way with Her 1. And All is Semblatice a Women's Part: Body Politics and Twelfth Night 2. The Castrator's Song: Female Impersonation on the Early Modern Stage 3. 'Othello was a White Man': Properties of Race on Shakespeare's Stage 4. Irish Memories in The Tempest 5. What is an Audience? Bibliography Index
Biography
Dympna Callaghan
