Full Description
Theatre & Sexuality explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatre's creation and reception. The book offers clear introductions to sexual identity politics, ways of 'reading' sexuality on stage and a select history of LGBTQ theatre, including a reading of Split Britches/Bloolips' production Belle Reprieve.
Contents
Foreword: Tim Miller
Gay and Lesbian Lives in the 20th Century
Street Activism in the 1980s and 1990s
Theorizing How to See Sexuality in Performance
Queering the Theatre
Plays and Productions: On and Off Broadway
Lesbians Off Broadway: Jane Chambers
Early LGBTQ Venues
Holly Hughes at WOW
Split Britches
Lesbian Brothers Move into the Mainstream
Gay Male Collectives, Spaces, and Solo Performers
Solo Performance and LBGTQ Personal Narrative
Queering Gender Performance
LGBTQ Plays in the Mainstream
Identity Differences and Access to Production
Camp Stylings and Drag Performance
Belle Reprieve: LGBTQ Theory into Practice
Further Reading.
