Performing Visible Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays (Elements in Shakespeare Performance)

Lennox, Patricia

Cambridge University Press（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 114 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009624459
• DDC分類 792.95

Full Description

This Element considers pregnant women and their costumes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the connections between a character's costume and the changing social conventions of pregnancy. It questions mid twentieth century productions' reduction and elimination of well-established visible pregnancy costumes. It considers the role played by the sexual revolution in the sixties in visible pregnancy's reinstatement. The Element focusses on the varied significance of its presence to actors and directors and explores the archives to chart this previously under-examined interaction between social conventions, costumes, and the actors who wear them.

Contents

Introduction; 1. 'Big-bellied' women: Shakespeare, pregnancy and dressing the pregnant character; 2. The gravid body: Juliet, measure for measure; 3. Choosing visibility: Helena, all's well that ends well; 4. Case study: Hermione, the winter's tale:; 5. When pregnancy is visible; 6. The comedy of errors 2021 a conversation with Phillip Breen and Hedydd Dylan; Epilogue; References.