In this book, David Mann examines the influence of the Elizabethan
cross-dressed tradition on the performance and conception of
Shakespeare's female roles through an analysis of all 205 extant
plays written for the adult theatre. The study provides both an
historical context, showing how performance practice developed in
the era before Shakespeare, and a comparative one, in revealing how
dramatists in general treated their female characters and the
influence their characterisation had upon Shakespeare's writing.
The book challenges many views of the sexual ethos of Elizabethan
theatre, offering instead a picture of Shakespeare which pays less
attention to his supposed gender politics and more to his ability
to exploit the cross-dressed convention as a dramatic medium. By
challenging the gay and polemical feminist accounts that currently
dominate the treatment of Elizabethan cross-dressing, the book
restores its importance as a mainstream performance topic for
academics and students.
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