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"We will be citizens"

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An edition of "We will be citizens" (2009)

"We will be citizens"

new essays on gay and lesbian theatre

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"A dozen essays--by a range of established scholars and performing artists on issues in post-1969 American gay and lesbian theatre and drama--cover playwrights, millennial dramatists, and actors while exploring the history of gay-themed theatre and drama, the breadth of stage roles, and the dramatic representation of homosexual characters"--Provided by publisher.

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"We will be citizens": new essays on gay and lesbian theatre
2009, McFarland & Company
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Table of Contents

Introduction /James Fisher
From tolerance to liberation: gay drama in the mainstream from Torch song trilogy and The normal heart to Angels in America, Love! valour! compassion! and Take me out / James Fisher
Mainsteam theatre, mass media, and the 1985 premiere of The normal heart: negotiating forces between emergent and dominant ideologies / Jacob Juntunen
"Not just any woman": Bradford Louryk, a legacy of Charles Ludlam and the ridiculous theatre for the twenty-first century / Sean F. Edgecomb
- Mamet, homophobia, and Chicago politics
/ Charles Deliot Mehler
No tragedy: queer evil in the metaphysical comedies of Nicky Silver / Jordan Schildcrout
Gay and lesbian theatre for young people or the representation of "troubled youth" / Manon van de Water and Annie Giannini
Crossing the border: Irish drama and the queer American character / David Cregan
Lisa Kron: facing and placing lesbian identity on New York stages / Leslie Atkins Durham
The last gay man: Raised in captivity and Hurrah at last / Robert F. Gross
The soundplay's the thing: a formal analysis of John (aka Lypsinka) Epperson's queer performance texts / Robert F. Gross
The (fe)male gays: split britches and the redressing of dyke camp / Joe E. Jeffreys
"Ladies and gentlemen, people die": the uncomfortable performances of Kiki and Herb / James Wilson.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jefferson, N.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
809/.93353
Library of Congress
PS338.H66 W49 2009, PS338.H66W49 2009, PS338.H66 W49 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
224

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Open Library
OL22658468M
ISBN 13
9780786434183
LCCN
2008044264
OCLC/WorldCat
263498033
Library Thing
8554606
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6920806

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