{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-actress-9780521846066","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the Actress","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maggie B. Gale, John Stokes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.33w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521846066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGale, Maggie B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Maggie B. Gale is Chair in Drama at the University of Manchester.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStokes, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Stokes is Professor of Modern British Literature in the Department of English, King's College London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40855923490931,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":115.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_cf9faae5-f21a-4ddd-af4d-69b648eb7bef.jpg?v=1687005884","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-actress-9780521846066","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}