"We will be citizens"
Subtitle: new essays on gay and lesbian theatre
By: edited by James Fisher.
Contributors: Fisher, James.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786434183
Subjects: American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Homosexuality in literature; Gay men in literature; Lesbians in literature; Gays' writings, American -- History and criticism; Homosexuality and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "A dozen essays--by a range of established scholars and performing artists on issues in post-1969 American gay and lesbian theatre and drama--cover playwrights, millennial dramatists, and actors while exploring the history of gay-themed theatre and drama, the breadth of stage roles, and the dramatic representation of homosexual characters"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction /James Fisher; title: From tolerance to liberation: gay drama in the mainstream from Torch song trilogy and The normal heart to Angels in America, Love! valour! compassion! and Take me out / James Fisher; title: Mainsteam theatre, mass media, and the 1985 premiere of The normal heart: negotiating forces between emergent and dominant ideologies / Jacob Juntunen; title: "Not just any woman": Bradford Louryk, a legacy of Charles Ludlam and the ridiculous theatre for the twenty-first century / Sean F. Edgecomb; title: - Mamet, homophobia, and Chicago politics; title: / Charles Deliot Mehler; title: No tragedy: queer evil in the metaphysical comedies of Nicky Silver / Jordan Schildcrout; title: Gay and lesbian theatre for young people or the representation of "troubled youth" / Manon van de Water and Annie Giannini; title: Crossing the border: Irish drama and the queer American character / David Cregan; title: Lisa Kron: facing and placing lesbian identity on New York stages / Leslie Atkins Durham; title: The last gay man: Raised in captivity and Hurrah at last / Robert F. Gross; title: The soundplay's the thing: a formal analysis of John (aka Lypsinka) Epperson's queer performance texts / Robert F. Gross; title: The (fe)male gays: split britches and the redressing of dyke camp / Joe E. Jeffreys; title: "Ladies and gentlemen, people die": the uncomfortable performances of Kiki and Herb / James Wilson.