An edition of "We will be citizens"
(2009)
"We will be citizens"
new essays on gay and lesbian theatre
by James Fisher
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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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Theater, History and criticism, Gays' writings, American, American drama, Gay men in literature, Homosexuality and literature, Lesbians in literature, Homosexuality in literature, History, American drama, history and criticism, 20th century, Gays' writings, history and criticism, Theater, united states, historyPlaces
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"We will be citizens": new essays on gay and lesbian theatre
2009, McFarland & Company
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078643418X 9780786434183
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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