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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 83
Page 67
... true that is presented here And every actor credit with him brings : Upon this stage great monarches do appeare , Strong Samson . 53 Samson as a character on Rowland's stage is an ' actor ' . Possibly the fusing together of actor and ...
... true that is presented here And every actor credit with him brings : Upon this stage great monarches do appeare , Strong Samson . 53 Samson as a character on Rowland's stage is an ' actor ' . Possibly the fusing together of actor and ...
Page 145
... true worship . These all - male Christians cried down in others what was essentially their own bearing . b . Complications in the Concept of Sodomy and True Love : Naturalness When William Bradford said , " sodomy is in all our natures ...
... true worship . These all - male Christians cried down in others what was essentially their own bearing . b . Complications in the Concept of Sodomy and True Love : Naturalness When William Bradford said , " sodomy is in all our natures ...
Page 326
... true merchant of Venice , not only because of the garment of Christ , but also because of the unselfishness of her love . Twice she buys all when giving all she has . In a male , doctor's disguise she sacrifices her true self without ...
... true merchant of Venice , not only because of the garment of Christ , but also because of the unselfishness of her love . Twice she buys all when giving all she has . In a male , doctor's disguise she sacrifices her true self without ...
Common terms and phrases
action actor acts actually alludes ambiguous appears aspects audience awareness beauty becomes behaviour boy actor called Chapter character clear compared connected considered contains context course desire developed device direct discussed display effect elements Elizabethan English enters erotic example explain expressed female feminine final follows friendship Ganymede give given homosexual idea implies indicate instance interest interpretation joke Jonson kind Lady latter lines lover male marriage meaning mind Moreover nature object original particularly passion performance person play players possible present probably reason references reflect regards relationship remark Renaissance response role satire says scene seems sense sexual disguise Shakespeare shows situation social sodomy spectator stage story stress suggests symbolic taken theatre theatrical thinks thought tradition true turn Twelfth Night wants wife wish woman women wooing young