Theatre& Sexuality explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatre's creation and reception. The book offers clear introductions to sexual identity politics, ways of 'reading' sexuality on stage and a select history of LGBTQ theatre, including a reading of Split Britches/Bloolips' production Belle Reprieve.

Part of the highly successful Theatre & series
Jill Dolan is one of the leading and most influential scholars in feminist and queer theatre studies
Provides a provocative and accessible way into this important topic

Autorentext

JILL DOLAN is Professor of English and Theatre at Princeton University, USA, where she is also Director of its programme in the study of women and gender.

Klappentext

Theatre& Sexuality explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatre's creation and reception. The book offers clear introductions to sexual identity politics, ways of 'reading' sexuality on stage and a select history of LGBTQ theatre, including a reading of Split Britches/Bloolips' production Belle Reprieve.

Inhalt

Foreword: Tim Miller.- Gay and Lesbian Lives in the 20th Century.- Street Activism in the 1980s and 1990s.- Theorizing How to See Sexuality in Performance.- Queering the Theatre.- Plays and Productions: On and Off Broadway.- Lesbians Off Broadway: Jane Chambers.- Early LGBTQ Venues.- Holly Hughes at WOW.- Split Britches.- Lesbian Brothers Move into the Mainstream.- Gay Male Collectives, Spaces, and Solo Performers.- Solo Performance and LBGTQ Personal Narrative.- Queering Gender Performance.- LGBTQ Plays in the Mainstream.- Identity Differences and Access to Production.- Camp Stylings and Drag Performance.- Belle Reprieve: LGBTQ Theory into Practice.- Further Reading.