Carry on Understudies: Theatre and Sexual Politics
Author:   Michelene Wandor
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415119559


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   26 June 1986
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michelene Wandor
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.226kg
ISBN:  

9780415119559


ISBN 10:   0415119553
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   26 June 1986
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Contexts 2 Cross-dressing, sexual representation and the sexual division of labour in theatre 3 The first phase: 1969–73, 4 The second phase: 1973–7, 5 The third phase: from 1977, 6 The skilled process 7 Finding a voice: women playwrights and theatre 8 Political dynamics: the feminisms 9 Radical plays before 1968: the crisis of virility, the ‘feminine’ and the ‘female’ 10 Men playwrights in the 1970s 11 The fourth phase: women playwrights in the 1970s and early 1980s 12 Conclusions and the future; Appendix: All Het Up in Bradford by Noel Greig

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`This excellent book ... recognizes that theatre is a barometer of the social climate and shows how the battles that have raged around sexuality throughout this century have been reflected on its stage ... It's a must. Buy it.' - Noel Greig, Gay Times


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Michelene Wandor is a poet, playwright and critic. She was Poetry Editor and a regular theatre reviewer for Time Out magazine (1971–82), and she has written extensively for and about theatre and radio in Britain.

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