Women direct Shakespeare in America
Subtitle: productions from the 1990s
By: Nancy Taylor.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- United States.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1950-; Women theatrical producers and directors -- United States.; Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "This book offers a series of eight case studies of the connection between feminist performance theory and practice, considering how women directors of Shakespeare in America have recently interpreted and staged female subjectivity and gender, particularly as exhibited in sex relations." "The work focuses on eight women and choices they made in specific productions: Jayme Koszyn's and Lisa Wolpe's Romeo and Juliet; Tina Packer's and Ellen O'Brien's Measure for Measure; Abigail Adam's and Melia Bensussen's Twelfth Night; Barbara Gaines's and JoAnne Akalaitis's Cymbeline."

"Nancy Taylor interviewed all of the directors and the first section of the book includes a brief biography of each, institutional opportunities and limitations, and the director's views about Shakespeare's depiction of women in general as well as future goals for her work."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-296) and index.