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 180
... situation may not even have been considered sexual at all . The most interesting homosexual exposition is the exchange between Clemenzia and Laelia : CL : Tell me : where do you sleep ? L : In a little room next to his , on my own . C1 ...
... situation may not even have been considered sexual at all . The most interesting homosexual exposition is the exchange between Clemenzia and Laelia : CL : Tell me : where do you sleep ? L : In a little room next to his , on my own . C1 ...
Page 370
... situation is the most challenging : Orlando and Ganymede solemnize a valid marriage . Regardless of the possibility of feminine behaviour after 1. 169 , a change in Ganymede / Rosalind's bearing after Orlando's departure ( 1. 190 ) is ...
... situation is the most challenging : Orlando and Ganymede solemnize a valid marriage . Regardless of the possibility of feminine behaviour after 1. 169 , a change in Ganymede / Rosalind's bearing after Orlando's departure ( 1. 190 ) is ...
Page 463
... situation definition , and neither are differences in response as caused by such situation . The word ' play ' differs from ' act ' or ' disputations ' , a difference which has probably to do with the basis of the action , fictive ...
... situation definition , and neither are differences in response as caused by such situation . The word ' play ' differs from ' act ' or ' disputations ' , a difference which has probably to do with the basis of the action , fictive ...
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