Performing Visible Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays
Author:   Patricia Lennox (New York University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009624459


Pages:   75
Publication Date:   30 September 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Performing Visible Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays


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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.

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Author:   Patricia Lennox (New York University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009624459


ISBN 10:   1009624458
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   30 September 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Table of 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.

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