A Generous Lover/Boy in a Dress - Two Plays

Two solo plays by celebrated performance artist Lauren John Joseph, author of the Polari and LAMBDA-nominated novel Everything Must Go (ITNA Press). A Generous Lover is the true and very queer tale of one soul''s journey through the wasteland of mental illness to deliver their lost love. Brimming with psychedelic proletarian prose and trenchant wit, it recounts the pandemonium of navigating mental health services on behalf of a loved one, whilst being transfeminine, and occasionally mistaken for a patient. Drawing on epic poetry, classical mythology, and queer modernist literature, A Generous Lover fuses psychology, euphonic prose and song, to create an intimate and beguiling world. Boy in a Dress follows the life story thus far of a fallen Catholic, transgender ex-fashion model from the wrong side of the tracks. In this autobiographical, raucously political, and accidentally profound piece, Lauren John Joseph brings together an outrageous but heartfelt slew of true-life tales of Catholicism and drag, public sexuality and body dysmorphia.>

Product details

• Authors: La Johnjoseph, Lauren J Joseph, Lauren John Joseph
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781786829894
• ISBN: 978-1-78682-989-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Oberon Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Relating to Gay, Lesbian & bisexual people, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Of specific Lesbian interest, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Coping with mental health issues, Relating to lesbians, Gay & Lesbian studies, Of specific Gay interest, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, Modern & contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Gay & Lesbian studies / LGBTQ studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies, DRAMA / LGBTQ+