Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis. Alisa Solomon discusses both canonical texts and contemporary productions in a lively jargon-free style. Among the dramatic texts considered are those of Aristophanes; Ibsen; Yiddish theatre; Mabou Mines; Deborah Warner; Shakespeare; Brecht; Split Britches; Ridiculous Theatre; and Tony Kushner. Bringing to bear theories of gender performativity upon theatrical events; the author explores: * the double disguise of cross-dressed boy-actresses * how gender relates to genre (particularly in Ibsens realism) * how canonical theatre represented gender in ways which maintain traditional images of masculinity and femininity.
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