{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-actress-paperback-9780521608541","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the Actress (Paperback) 9780521608541","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the Actress\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of essays on the cultural role of performing women on stage and on screen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaggie B. Gale (Edited by), John Stokes (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521608541, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 1 February 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages, 25 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'From an impressive group of scholars, the essays are distinguished by a consistent effort to move beyond traditional critical and artistic boundaries and offer original investigations of the actress and the systems, conventions, and communities that contributed to a career.' Theatre Survey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the emergence of the actress\/critic during the Romantic period and, later on, of the actress as best selling autobiographer; the coming of the drama schools which led to today's emphasis on the actress as a highly-trained working woman. Chapters consider the image of the actress as a courtesan, as a 'muse', as a representative of the 'ordinary' housewife, and as a political activist. The collection also contains essays on forms, genres and traditions - on cross dressing, solo performance, racial constraints, and recent Shakespeare - as well as on the actress in early photography and on film. Its unique range will fascinate, surprise and instruct theatre-goers and students alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Maggie B. Gale and John Stokes\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Turning Points: 1. Revolution, legislation and autonomy Gilli Bush-Bailey\u003cbr\u003e 2. Spectacle, intellect and authority: the actress in the eighteenth century Elizabeth Eger\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cultural formations: the nineteenth-century touring actress and her international audiences Gail Marshall\u003cbr\u003e 4. The actress as photographic icon: from early photography to early film David Mayer\u003cbr\u003e 5. The actress and the profession: training in England in the twentieth century Lucie Sutherland\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Out of the ordinary': exercising restraint in the post-war years John Stokes\u003cbr\u003e 7. Icons and labourers: some political actresses Tony Howard\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Professional Opportunities: 8. The actress as manager Jo Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 9. By herself: the actress and autobiography, 1755–1939 Viv Gardner\u003cbr\u003e 10. The screen actress from silence to sound Christine Gledhill\u003cbr\u003e 11. 'Side doors and service elevators': racial constraints for actresses of colour Lynette Goddard\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Genre, Form and Tradition: 12. Mirroring men: the actress in drag Jacky Bratton\u003cbr\u003e 13. 'Studies in hysteria': actress and courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt and Mrs Patrick Campbell Elaine Aston\u003cbr\u003e 14. Beyond the muse: the Spanish actress as collaborator Maria M. Delgado\u003cbr\u003e 15. Going solo: an historical perspective on the actress and the monologue Maggie B. Gale\u003cbr\u003e 16. Changing Shakespeare Penny Gay.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004638417176,"sku":"9780521608541","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521608541i_931e7e8a-1ece-4c64-934a-2d594075545e.jpg?v=1691370469","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-actress-paperback-9780521608541","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}