Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theatre and Gender

by Alisa Solomon

Book Overview

Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis. Alisa Solomon discusses both canonical texts and contemporary productions in a lively jargon-free style. Among the dramatic texts considered are those of Aristophanes, Ibsen, Yiddish theatre, Mabou Mines, Deborah Warner, Shakespeare, Brecht, Split...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041515720X
• ISBN13: 9780415157209
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.9"