Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theatre and Gender

by Alisa Solomon

Book Overview

Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis. Alisa Solomon discusses both canonical texts and contemporary productions in a lively jargon-free style. Among the dramatic texts considered are those of Aristophanes, Ibsen, Yiddish theatre, Mabou Mines, Deborah Warner, Shakespeare, Brecht, Split...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415157218
• ISBN13: 9780415157216
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"