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Theatre Under Louis XIV

Cross-Casting and the Performance of Gender in Drama, Ballet and Opera

Erschienen am 14.12.2015, 1. Auflage 2006
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ISBN/EAN: 9781349535781
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XI, 195 S.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature of French court ballet (in which the King himself performed a number of women's roles) and an occasional feature of spoken comedy and tragic opera. Cross-casting also persisted out of necessity in the school drama of the period. This book fills an important gap in the history of French theatre and provides new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender and theatricality. The inclusion of chapters on ballet and opera (as well as spoken drama) opens up the richness of French theatre under Louis XIV in a way that has not been achieved before.

Autorenportrait

Julia Prest is Senior Lecturer in the Department of French at the University of St Andrews, UK.