As She Likes It - Shakespeare's Unruly Women

As She Likes It is the first attempt to tackle head on the enduring question of how to perform those unruly women at the centre of Shakespeare's comedies.
Unique amongst both Shakespearian and feminist studies, As She Likes It asks how gender politics affects the production to the comedies, and how gender is represented, both in the text and on the stage. Penny Gay takes a fascinating look at the way Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It and Measure for Measure have been staged over the last half a century, when perceptions of gender roles have undergone massive changes. She also interrogates, rigorously but thoughtfully, the relationship between a male theatrical establishment and a burgeoning feminist approach to performance.
As illuminating for practitioners as it will be enjoyable and useful for students, As She Likes It will be critical reading for anyone interested in women's experience of theatre.

List of contents

Plates, Preface, Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION, 1 TWELFTH NIGHT, 2 AS YOU LIKE IT, 3 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, 4 MEASURE FOR MEASURE, 5 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index

About the author

Penny Gay

Summary

Looks at the way five of the comedies have been staged over the last 50 years, asking how gender politics affects the production of the comedies, and how gender is represented, both in the text and on stage.

Product details

• Authors: Penny Gay, Gay Penny
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780415096966
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09696-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Gender in Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Performance Art, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean