Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements Staging Masculinities: Introduction and Orientation Staging Medieval Masculinities Sighing Like a Furnace and Full of Strange Oaths: Lovers and Soldiers in Shakespeare The Spectacle of Masculinity in the Restoration Theatre Outlaws and Sentiment: Masculinities in the Eighteenth-Century Theatre Doll's Houses and Wendy Houses: Masculinities on Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Stages Contemporary Masculinities Bibliography Index.

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'This will be a useful text for undergraduates studying the relation of gender to performance: it should also prove useful to anyone interested in the social context of performance.' - David Pattie, New Theatre Quarterly

About the Author

MICHAEL MANGAN is Professor of Drama at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has published books and articles on various aspects of drama, and has worked as a playwright and director.

Reviews

'This will be a useful text for undergraduates studying the relation of gender to performance: it should also prove useful to anyone interested in the social context of performance.' - David Pattie, New Theatre Quarterly