Her Turn on Stage: The Role of Women in Musical Theatre
Author:   Grace Barnes
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786498611


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   10 July 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Her Turn on Stage: The Role of Women in Musical Theatre


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Author:   Grace Barnes
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780786498611


ISBN 10:   0786498617
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   10 July 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments  vii Preface  1 The Interviewees  3 Introduction: How to Handle a Woman  7 1. Superboy and the Invisible Girl: The Lack of Women in Creative Positions  15 2. Loving You Is Not a Choice: Women as Martyrs to Heterosexual Love  41 3. He’s No Good, but I’m No Good Without Him: Great Roles for Women?  63 4. If a Girl Isn’t Pretty: Male Gaze and the Musical  85 5. It’s Not Just for Gays Anymore! The Influence of Gay Culture on Musical Theatre  109 6. Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man? Difference and the Musical  130 7. A Secretary Is Not a Toy: Revivals and the Contemporary Audience  150 8. New Ways to Dream  179 Selected Bibliography  203 Index  205

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Grace Barnes is a director/playwright who has worked as an associate or resident director on productions of My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The Threepenny Opera, Into the Woods, Sunset Boulevard, The Witches of Eastwick, Martin Guerre, West Side Story, and Guys and Dolls in the UK, Germany and Australia. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

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