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Shakespeare Without Women

By Dympna Callaghan

Published November 4th 1999 by Routledge – 240 pages

Series: Accents on Shakespeare

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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.

Contents

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

Name: Shakespeare Without Women (Paperback) – Routledge 
Description: By Dympna Callaghan. Shakespeare Without Women is a controversial study of female impersonation and the connections between dramatic and political representation in Shakespeare's...
Categories: Shakespeare, Feminist Literature & Theory