Mission (im)possible? Cross-gendered Shakespeare on Czech stages after 1989

• Authors: Ivona Mišterová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay examines the theatrical practice of cross-gender casting with a focus on three selected productions of Romeo and Juliet staged by the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava (2011, director Anna Petrželková), the NaHraně Theatre in Prague (2012, director Jan Frič), and the Činoherní Studio Ústí nad Labem (2012, director Filip Nuckolls).

Keywords

EN

William Shakespeare; cross-gender casting; cross-gender dressing; doubling; Romeo and Juliet; reception

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts
• Journal: Theatralia: Revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře (Theatralia: The revue of contemporary thought on theatre culture)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 24
• Issue: Special_Issue
• Pages: 171-185
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ivona Mišterová

• Theatralia, redakce, Masarykova univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, Katedra divadelních studií, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic