Tennant examines cross-dressing at different periods of theatrical history in the Western canon, predominantly in Britain and North America.

Not following a conventional historical timeline, Tennant instead examines the different types of cross-dressing/cross-gender performance: Boys in Shakespeare, Heroes in Opera, Pantomime Dames, and Drag Queens being just a few. And no study of cross-dressing can, of course, forget its origins in Ancient Greece.

It''s a Drag: Cross-Dressing in Performance discusses the present and attempts to predict the future of cross-dressing in performance.

How will the drive towards equality affect the use of cross-dressing and cross-gender role casting? Will gender-blind roles become as prevalent as color-blind casting? Will audiences continue to be amused and impressed, or will gender differences in entertainment cease to be important?

Format Häftad Omfång 262 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Globe Pequot Press Utgivningsdatum 2022-09-15 ISBN 9781493059058