Title: Women direct Shakespeare in America
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.
Subjects: Women theatrical producers and directors, Stage history, Theater, History, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, stage history, Women motion picture producers and directors, Theater, united states, history
Places: United States
People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Time periods: 1950-, 20th century