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Julia Prest - Theatre Under Louis XIV: Cross-Casting and the Performance of Gender in Drama, Ballet and Opera - 9781137320810 - V9781137320810
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Theatre Under Louis XIV: Cross-Casting and the Performance of Gender in Drama, Ballet and Opera

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Description for Theatre Under Louis XIV: Cross-Casting and the Performance of Gender in Drama, Ballet and Opera Paperback. Cross-gender casting was an ongoing phenomenon in the French theatre during the reign of Louis XIV. This book explores the trend and related gender issues in different performance contexts and fills an important gap in the history of French theatre, providing a new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender and theatricality. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; AS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature of French court ballet (in which the King himself performed a number of women's roles) and an occasional feature of spoken comedy and tragic opera. Cross-casting also persisted out of necessity in the school drama of the period. This book fills an important gap in the history of French theatre and provides new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
195
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137320810
SKU
V9781137320810
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Julia Prest
Julia Prest is Senior Lecturer in the Department of French at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Reviews for Theatre Under Louis XIV: Cross-Casting and the Performance of Gender in Drama, Ballet and Opera
Prest's Theatre under Louis XIV masterfully studies drama, opera, and ballet under the Sun King. Gender ambiguity on the stage is now in danger of becoming a hackneyed and ideological cavalcade, but Prest rigorously makes it new. Likeaudiences, Prest knows that men and women are biologically different, and her shrewd ... Read more

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