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 66
... probably to specify theatrical actors . It literally means ' acting person ' , and in the castlist of 2 Return from Parnassus ( ? 1601-02 ) " actor ' and " dramatis persona " are used synonymously . Probably the perceived difference ...
... probably to specify theatrical actors . It literally means ' acting person ' , and in the castlist of 2 Return from Parnassus ( ? 1601-02 ) " actor ' and " dramatis persona " are used synonymously . Probably the perceived difference ...
Page 218
... probably commonplace by 1618 , and the returned- brother device is central in The Maid's Tragedy . Viola is in Fletcher's play the name of Archas's daughter , but she does not marry the Duke . ( The name Olympia may deliberately sound ...
... probably commonplace by 1618 , and the returned- brother device is central in The Maid's Tragedy . Viola is in Fletcher's play the name of Archas's daughter , but she does not marry the Duke . ( The name Olympia may deliberately sound ...
Page 372
... probably be experienced as a male and a female and thus be seen as such and be defended as such on the grounds of slight and biologically indecisive features . The reason is probably the social unacceptability of seeing two males in ...
... probably be experienced as a male and a female and thus be seen as such and be defended as such on the grounds of slight and biologically indecisive features . The reason is probably the social unacceptability of seeing two males in ...
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