Not Hamlet : meditations on the frail position of women in drama
Suzman, Janet2012
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Shakespeare's Cleopatra, La Pucelle, Ophelia, Shaw's St. Joan and Ibsen's Hedda a handful of seminal roles for women in the classical canon. Janet Suzman has played them all and directed some. Here she examines their complexity and explores why only Cleopatra has an independence that allows her to speak to modern women.
Main title:
Not Hamlet : meditations on the frail position of women in drama / Janet Suzman.
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Imprint:
London : Oberon, 2012.
Collation:
188 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Series from dust jacket.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781849432016 (hbk)1849432015 (hbk)9781849436014 (ebook)1849436010 (ebook)
Dewey class:
792'.082
Language:
English
BRN:
105168
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