Theatre and sexuality
By: Jill Dolan
Series: Theatre&
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780230220645
Description: "This book explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatres creation and reception. The book offers clear introductions to sexual identity politics, ways of reading sexuality on stage and a select history of LGBTQ theatre, including a reading of Split Britches/Bloolips production Belle Reprieve"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Gay and lesbian lives and ideas in the twentieth century; title: Plays and productions : on and off Broadway; title: From the avant-garde to commercial theatre; title: Belle reprieve : LGBTQ theory into practice; title: New audiences : no longer preaching to the choir.