Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Cambridge companion to the actress / edited by Maggie B. Gale and John Stokes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: xii, 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521846066 (hbk.)
  • 0521846064 (hbk.)
  • 9780521608541 (pbk.)
  • 0521608546 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.09
LOC classification:
  • PN 1590 C178 2007
Contents:
Revolution, legislation and autonomy / Gilli Bush-Bailey -- Spectacle, intellect and authority : the actress in the eighteenth century / Elizabeth Eger -- Cultural formations : the nineteenth-century touring actress and her international audiences / Gail Marshall -- The actress as photographic icon : from early photography to early film / David Mayer -- The actress and the profession : training in England in the twentieth century / Lucie Sutherland -- Out of the ordinary : exercising restraint in the post-war years / John Stokes -- Icons and labourers : some political actresses / Tony Howard -- The actress as manager / Jo Robinson -- By herself : the actress and autobiography, 1755-1939 / Viv Gardner -- The screen actress from silence to sound / Christine Gledhill -- Side doors and service elevators : racial constraints for actresses of colour / Lynette Goddard -- Mirroring men : the actress in drag / Jacky Bratton -- 'Studies in hysteria' : actress and courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt and Mrs Patrick Campbell / Elaine Aston -- Beyond the muse : the Spanish actress as collaborator / Maria M. Delgado -- Going solo : an historical perspective on the actress and the monologue / Maggie B. Gale -- Changing Shakespeare : new possibilties for the modern actress / Penny Gay.
Summary: This volume is a collection of original essays on the cultural role of performing women on stage and on screen, throughout history and across continents. Topics covered include cross dressing, solo performance, racial constraints, recent Shakespeare, and the actress in early photography and on film.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1590 C178 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000116064

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-329) and index.

Revolution, legislation and autonomy / Gilli Bush-Bailey -- Spectacle, intellect and authority : the actress in the eighteenth century / Elizabeth Eger -- Cultural formations : the nineteenth-century touring actress and her international audiences / Gail Marshall -- The actress as photographic icon : from early photography to early film / David Mayer -- The actress and the profession : training in England in the twentieth century / Lucie Sutherland -- Out of the ordinary : exercising restraint in the post-war years / John Stokes -- Icons and labourers : some political actresses / Tony Howard -- The actress as manager / Jo Robinson -- By herself : the actress and autobiography, 1755-1939 / Viv Gardner -- The screen actress from silence to sound / Christine Gledhill -- Side doors and service elevators : racial constraints for actresses of colour / Lynette Goddard -- Mirroring men : the actress in drag / Jacky Bratton -- 'Studies in hysteria' : actress and courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt and Mrs Patrick Campbell / Elaine Aston -- Beyond the muse : the Spanish actress as collaborator / Maria M. Delgado -- Going solo : an historical perspective on the actress and the monologue / Maggie B. Gale -- Changing Shakespeare : new possibilties for the modern actress / Penny Gay.

This volume is a collection of original essays on the cultural role of performing women on stage and on screen, throughout history and across continents. Topics covered include cross dressing, solo performance, racial constraints, recent Shakespeare, and the actress in early photography and on film.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.