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 109
... young men as being feminine is documented in other than poetic sources . Prince Edward , who was killed at Tewkesbury , is described by contemporaries as " a goodly feminine and well - featured young gentleman . " 112 Maria Stuart ...
... young men as being feminine is documented in other than poetic sources . Prince Edward , who was killed at Tewkesbury , is described by contemporaries as " a goodly feminine and well - featured young gentleman . " 112 Maria Stuart ...
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... young men , but in the wooing themselves behave like women . Details add , when considered from a psychoanalytical view of the symbolism , rather ambiguous aspects as well : Rosicleer kills the tyrant with his sword instead of being ...
... young men , but in the wooing themselves behave like women . Details add , when considered from a psychoanalytical view of the symbolism , rather ambiguous aspects as well : Rosicleer kills the tyrant with his sword instead of being ...
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... young " ( 11. 99-100 ) . The young man Martia is undressed to " his " shirt by the robbers , without betraying ' his ' sex . Youth , beauty , interchangeability of male and female pieces of costume ( shirt and smock ) feature in 3.3 ...
... young " ( 11. 99-100 ) . The young man Martia is undressed to " his " shirt by the robbers , without betraying ' his ' sex . Youth , beauty , interchangeability of male and female pieces of costume ( shirt and smock ) feature in 3.3 ...
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