Kerrie Roberts (Australia University of Sydney)

Hamlet's Hereditary Queen

Performing Shakespeare's Silent Female Power

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamletâ s Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure within the play. It shows how traditional readings of this character, both performance-based and scholarly, have been guided and constrained by misogynistic perspectives on female power.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781032193144
• ISBN-10: 103219314X
• Artikelnr.: 65889665

Autorenporträt

Kerrie Roberts has a background in teaching and in theatre. Hamlet's Hereditary Queen began in 2007 with performance practice and was later developed through postgraduate study with the help of the University of Sydney's Department of Theatre and Performance Studies. Her website is kroberts.au.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Sticky bits, or not another theory on Hamlet Part 1: Reading
Gertrude 1. Not representing Gertrude 2. The glance, the gaze and Gertrude:
minimise or sexualise 3. Resistant reading 4. Using the sticky bits Part 2:
Writing Gertrude 5. Shakespeare's material: the history and the sources 6.
Shakespeare's Gertrude Part 3: Performing a blood royal Gertrude 7. The
blood royal Gertrude's production history 8. Status and silence 9.
Performing the sticky bits with power 10. Conclusion: female sovereign
power