For The Gay Stage
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For The Gay Stage
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Author : Drewey Wayne Gunn
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-05-19
For The Gay Stage written by Drewey Wayne Gunn and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-19 with Performing Arts categories.
Previous surveys of the gay theatrical repertoire have concentrated on plays produced on Broadway or in London's West End. This comprehensive guide goes well beyond these earlier studies by introducing productions from Off Broadway, from regional theaters in the U.S. and U.K., and from Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Also included are Puerto Rican, Indian and Filipino plays written in English, as well as translations from other languages. Well over half of the works discussed here appear for the first time in such a study.
Out On Stage
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Author : Alan Sinfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Out On Stage written by Alan Sinfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with English drama categories.
Sinfield tracks stage representations of lesbians and gay men from Oscar Wilde to the present day, examining scores of British and American plays produced and viewed in alternative as well as West End and Broadway theaters. Theater, he argues, was and is an important place for the circulation of images of homosexuality and for the exploration of concepts of gender and sexuality.--From publisher description.
Stages Of Desire
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Author : Carl Miller
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1996
Stages Of Desire written by Carl Miller and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Drama categories.
"This is the first book to chart the history of lesbian and gay representation on the stage from the beginnings of drama in English until the nineteenth century. Carl Miller's wide-ranging survey uncovers a hidden heritage of romantic heroines, depraved villains, noble martyrs and hysterical queens. Voices of characters unheard for centuries are brought back to life in rare, rediscovered texts, alongside bold reassessments of classic plays. Offstage, the book investigates theatrical records, memoirs, history and erotica to reconstruct what went on in the dressing rooms and bedrooms of British theatres leading players. With provocative detail and contemporary insights, Stages of Desire demonstrates that Shakespeare cannot have been heterosexual; that David Garrick's fear of outing made him betray his friends; and that touring gay agitprop began in the reign of Henry VIII. It investigates sex scandals involving Nicholas Udall, Christopher Marlowe, Charlotte Charke, Samuel Foote, Isaac Bickerstaffe, Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde. Why, this book asks, why was arse-play a feature of fourteenth-century Christian drama? How did Elizabeth I enjoy lesbian romances? What dangers were involved in criticizing the King's boyfriend on stage? Who were Georgian London's lesbian stars? Why do theatre-goers applaud homosexuals on stage, yet persecute them in the street?"--Back cover.
Not In Front Of The Audience
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Author : Nicholas de Jongh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1992-03-26
Not In Front Of The Audience written by Nicholas de Jongh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-03-26 with Performing Arts categories.
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Gay Lesbian Theatrical Legacy
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Author : Billy J. Harbin
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2005
The Gay Lesbian Theatrical Legacy written by Billy J. Harbin and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Actors categories.
Recovers the hidden history of theater professionals who transgressed the gendered expectations of their time
Gays On Broadway
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Author : Ethan Mordden
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-01
Gays On Broadway written by Ethan Mordden and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-01 with Performing Arts categories.
A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-recognized authority on the topic From the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, Gays On Broadway deftly chronicles the plays and people that brought gay culture to Broadway. Writing with his customary verve and wit, author Ethan Mordden follows the steady liberation of gay themes on the American stage. The story begins in the early twentieth century, when gay characters were virtually banned from productions. The 1920s saw a flurry of plays closed on moral grounds as well as the Wales Padlock Act, which forbade representation of "sex degeneracy". While authorities made consistent attempts to shutter the movement, the public remained curious, and after a few decades of war making, a truce broke out when The Boys In the Band became a national smash hit. From this point on, gay theatre proved simply too popular to abolish. With this change, theatre was graced with a host of unforgettable characters - from thrill killers to historical figures to drag performers, as well as professional gays (such as the defiantly effeminate window dresser in Kiss of the Spider Woman), closeted gays, and those run-of-the-mill citizens who don't reside entirely within the colorful nonconformist identity (such as the two male lovers in the dinner-theatre comedy Norman, Is That You?). Spoken plays and musicals, playwrights, directors, and actors all played their part in popularizing the gay movement through art. Gays on Broadway is an essential chronological review of the long journey to bring the culture of gay men and women onto the American stage.
Awkward Stages
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Author : Sean a Metzger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-08-10
Awkward Stages written by Sean a Metzger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-10 with Drama categories.
The plays in this volume, written by men (some of whom are the most celebrated playwrights) who were in their late twenties and early thirties, affirm adolescents as subjects active in same-sex relationships. Sexual identity is important to the young men in their plays, in great part because they must define themselves against the prejudice and sanctions of family and social institutions. In some cases, the experiences dramatized in these plays are examples of the "gay pathos." Some boys, like Benjy in A. Rey Pamatmat's Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, were severely punished by their parents for expressing their sexuality. Others, like Chris in Daniel Talbott's Slipping, are terrified of anyone, particularly his peers, discovering his sexual relationship with another boy. Dennis, in Michael Perlman's From White Plains, has never recovered from the anti-gay bullying he and his best friend endured in high school. At the same time, most of the plays in this book depict joyful expressions of gayness. Much of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them is the story of two teenage boys discovering sex and love on a remote Midwestern farm despite the interventions of parents. On his twelfth birthday, Ricardo Bracho's Sissy discovers and celebrates his inner queen. Yet not all adolescents can feel that joy. Eli, in Slipping, connects sex and desire with cruelty, first suffered at the hands of the conflicted lover Chris, then projected onto the sweet boy with whom he becomes involved in Iowa, and finally inflicted upon himself. The young men in these plays are all unique characters. Affirmation of their sexuality in a time and places where homophobia is still a reality is only one problem each faces. Like many works about adolescence, these plays depict the blurry no man's land between childhood and adulthood. All of these plays have received powerful productions at theatres across America and demonstrate the vitality and variety of contemporary American drama. This is an important book for all collections not only in LGBT studies and theater studies, but also education and sociology because of how it deals with adolescent homosexuality and homophobia, as well as bullying. See http: //www.cambriapress.com/books/9781604979084.cfm for more information.
Out Of The Closet Onto The Stage
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Author : Clary Loisel
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-12-26
Out Of The Closet Onto The Stage written by Clary Loisel and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-26 with Drama categories.
This anthology brings together seven contemporary Mexican plays with homosexual themes. The dramatists are interested in the gay and lesbian being exactly as the term says—“being”—someone who is profoundly human. This means a human being who knows how to love and to suffer, who has hopes, who wants to have a family, who needs a job, who hates, who is passionate, who gets scared, who has ideals, and who even lives or dies for them. These plays are easily staged and are now available to independent, university-oriented, and semi-professional theater groups in the English-speaking world as well as to all other groups or organizations who may not have much financial support but who do have worlds of talent. With this anthology, Dr. Loisel presents a compilation of works that is as thematically rich as it is varied. The result is a collection that challenges monolithic definitions of being, writing, and 'acting gay' in contemporary Mexico.Kathy Fox, Associate Professor, Spanish, St. Ambrose University Collected, these plays act as a prism, each a facet that offers a bold color in the spectrum that is gay and lesbian life in Mexico City and Mexico. There are dramas of regret and betrayal, of violence and passion, of laughter and heartbreak, and most of all, of love. Michael Downs, Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, Towson UniversityAuthor of House of Good Hope In chronological order, Dr. Loisel has compiled seven clear translations that introduce us to lesbian and gay theater in Mexico, but, more importantly perhaps, to some of the finest Mexican dramatists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The interviews with several playwrights cogently identify cultural reference points for the general reader as well as the scholarly community, not to mention stage actors and directors. Robert Stone, Associate Professor, Spanish, Naval Academy Clary Loisel, Ph.D. obtained his doctorate in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of Florida. He is currently a Professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at The University of Montana in Missoula.
We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians
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Author : Kaier Curtin
language : en
Publisher: Alyson Books
Release Date : 1987
We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians written by Kaier Curtin and has been published by Alyson Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Literary Criticism categories.
Wilde Stages In Dublin
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Author : Brian Merriman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Wilde Stages In Dublin written by Brian Merriman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Drama festivals categories.