All Semblative a Woman's Part?: Studies in the Staging of and Audience Response to Boy Actors in Sexual Disguise in the Elizabethan Theatre 1580-1615H. Gras, 1991 - 583 pages |
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Page 104
... Dion , and Arethusa , good parts for true lovers . Wright's impression of the male disguise of Euphrasia is so strong that he reifies Bellario . The seeming inconsistency of calling the page disguised , rather than the daughter , is ...
... Dion , and Arethusa , good parts for true lovers . Wright's impression of the male disguise of Euphrasia is so strong that he reifies Bellario . The seeming inconsistency of calling the page disguised , rather than the daughter , is ...
Page 105
... Dion but in disguise like a Page called Bellario . " The unauthorized version is confused , but shows a possible impression the play produced ( see below , Part III ) . The cast list in Ford's The Broken Heart ( ed . 1633 ) adds to the ...
... Dion but in disguise like a Page called Bellario . " The unauthorized version is confused , but shows a possible impression the play produced ( see below , Part III ) . The cast list in Ford's The Broken Heart ( ed . 1633 ) adds to the ...
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... Dion's daughter is still alive . She is , " and for the penance but of an idle dream , / Has undertook a tedious ... Dion , who then tells the others of his discovery . If she had revealed herself in a visually clear way , such as by ...
... Dion's daughter is still alive . She is , " and for the penance but of an idle dream , / Has undertook a tedious ... Dion , who then tells the others of his discovery . If she had revealed herself in a visually clear way , such as by ...
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