Drag!: Male and Female Impersonators on Stage, Screen, and Television : an Illustrated World HistoryReviews male and female impersonation from Elizabethan theater to modern movies, focusing on the performers and their characters. Considers such aspects as the British tradition, Peter Pan, American vaudeville, drag as comedy, male impersonators of female movie stars. Highly illustrated in black and |
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Acknowledgments V | 1 |
Women as Shakespeares Heroes | 9 |
Actresses in Breeches Roles | 17 |
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