Performing Shakespeare's Women
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Shakespeare''s women rarely reach the end of the play alive. Whether by murder or by suicide, onstage or off, female actors in Shakespeare''s works often find themselves ''playing dead.'' But what does it mean to ''play dead'', particularly for women actors, whose bodies become scrutinized and anatomized by audiences and fellow actors who ''grossly gape on''? In what ways does playing Shakespeare'...
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Shakespeare''s women rarely reach the end of the play alive. Whether by murder or by suicide, onstage or off, female actors in Shakespeare''s works often find themselves ''playing dead.'' But what does it mean to ''play dead'', particularly for women actors, whose bodies become scrutinized and anatomized by audiences and fellow actors who ''grossly gape on''? In what ways does playing Shakespeare'...
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