TY - BOOK AU - Mann,David TI - Shakespeare's women: performance and conception SN - 9780521882132 AV - PR2991 .M26 2008 U1 - 822.33 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Women in literature KW - Sex role in the theater N1 - In this book, David Mann examines the influence of the Elizabethan cross-dressed tradition on the performance and conception of Shakespeare's female roles through an analysis of all 205 extant plays written for the adult theatre. The study provides both an historical context, showing how performance practice developed in the era before Shakespeare, and a comparative one, in revealing how dramatists in general treated their female characters and the influence their characterisation had upon Shakespeare's writing; Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-279) and indexes UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008273410-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008273410-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008273410-t.html ER -