Hamlet's Hereditary Queen: Performing Shakespeare's Silent Female Power

by Kerrie Roberts

This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet's Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure in the play. It shows how traditional readings of this character, both performance-based and scholarly, have been guided and constrained by misogynistic perspectives on female power.

Bringing together the author's wealth of insight from a theatre practitioner's perspective and combining it with a scholarly perspective,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103219314X
• ISBN13: 9781032193144
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"