Theatre under Louis XIV : cross-casting and the performance of gender in drama, ballet and opera

Theatre under Louis XIV : cross-casting and the performance of gender in drama, ballet and opera / Julia Prest.

This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature...

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Main Author: Prest, Julia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Performing arts > France > History > 17th century.
Performing arts > France > History > 18th century.
Female impersonators > France > History > 17th century.
Female impersonators > France > History > 18th century.
Male impersonators > France > History > 17th century.
Male impersonators > France > History > 18th century.
French drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
French drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Female impersonators
French drama
Male impersonators
Performing arts
Sekserol.
Uitvoerende kunsten.
France
Frankrijk.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cross-Dressing and Cross-Casting * Unattractive Women: Cross-Casting in Comedy * Boys Will Be Girls: Cross-Casting in School Drama * Female Roles in Court Ballet I: Men Playing Women * Female Roles in Court Ballet II: Women playing Women * Cross-Casting and Gender Ambiguity in Opera.
  • Unattractive women: cross-casting in comedy
  • Boys will be girls: cross-casting in school drama
  • Female roles in court ballet I: Men playing women
  • Females roles in court ballet II: women playing women
  • Cross-casting and gender ambiguity in opera.

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