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In any case , Joan's situation is different from many other cross - dressing stage heroines , in that she openly admits the disjunction between sex and costume . Consequently , the play's cultural anxiety about gender difference is not ...
In any case , Joan's situation is different from many other cross - dressing stage heroines , in that she openly admits the disjunction between sex and costume . Consequently , the play's cultural anxiety about gender difference is not ...
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Lear speaks of “ this great stage of fools ” onto which crying infants are ushered at their birth . Macbeth compares his Herod's role to that of a “ poor player " uttering an hour's worth of bombast , then disappearing forever .
Lear speaks of “ this great stage of fools ” onto which crying infants are ushered at their birth . Macbeth compares his Herod's role to that of a “ poor player " uttering an hour's worth of bombast , then disappearing forever .
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AMOUNT OF BURLESQUE : Daily Herald ( much ) ; Birmingham Post ( “ shiver [ ed ) on the knife edge ” ) ; Stage ( resisted the temptation ) ; Daily Worker ( just the right touch ) . RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE REGENCY TREATMENT : Stage ...
AMOUNT OF BURLESQUE : Daily Herald ( much ) ; Birmingham Post ( “ shiver [ ed ) on the knife edge ” ) ; Stage ( resisted the temptation ) ; Daily Worker ( just the right touch ) . RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE REGENCY TREATMENT : Stage ...
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| Title | Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 63 Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Gale Research Company |
| Contributor | Gale Research Company |
| Publisher | Gale Research Company, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0787652385, 9780787652388 |
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