Staging Desire gathers critical and biographical essays on notable stage personalities who made their mark before 1969, when the Stonewall riots accelerated the lesbian and gay rights movement in the United States. How they staged their unconventional sexualities greatly influenced the course of their personal and professional lives, and thus the course of American theater history. The book builds on an earlier collection--the well-received Passing Performances, which focused on actors, directors, producers, and agents--by examining playwrights, lyricists, critics, and...
Staging Desire gathers critical and biographical essays on notable stage personalities who made their mark before 1969, when the Stonewall riot...
A superb tribute to theatrical pioneersThe Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy is required reading for both theatre scholars and gay/lesbian/bisexual history aficionados. A fascinating journey awaits them all in this highly recommended volume. Broadside: Newsletter of the Theatre Library AssociationThe Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy collects in a single volume biographies of more than one hundred notable figures whose careers flourished in the years before the 1969 Stonewall Riots marked the beginning of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement in the...
A superb tribute to theatrical pioneersThe Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy is required reading for both theatre scholars and gay/lesbian/bise...