Subjects:  1. Lesbian    2. Lesbian Plays    3. Plays   

Subjects:  1. 20th Century English Drama    2. 20th century    3. Anthologies (multiple authors)    4. Drama    5. English drama    6. Gay men    7. Gay men's writings, English    8. Plays    9. Plays / Drama   

Editorial Review

Histories of British gay male playwrights have tended to begin with a nod to Oscar Wilde and then skip right to the transgressive and overtly sexual antics of Joe Orton, Christopher Hampton, and Neil Bartlett. In Read more

Subjects:  1. Cinema/Film: Book    2. Drama    3. English drama    4. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    5. Gay Studies    6. Great Britain    7. History    8. History and criticism    9. Homosexuality and literature    10. Male authors    11. Plays / Drama    12. Popular literature    13. Social Science    14. Theater - General   

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. English Contemporary Drama    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. Gay men    5. Newcastle upon Tyne (England)    6. Plays    7. Plays / Drama    8. Performing Arts / General   

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    3. General    4. Homosexuality    5. Paris (France)    6. Plays    7. Plays / Drama    8. Drama / General   

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Teachers College Record Online Review
This book, based on the author's doctoral research, is an attempt to present a discussion of political possibilities for creating safe spaces and equal treatment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed, and queer/questioning students - GLBTIQ to use the author's accurate but unwieldy acronym. This book functions on several levels. First of all, as the title describes, it is an experiential and practical guide to the problematic and politicized situation when educators attempt to create schools not only free of anti-gay violence, but schools where GLBTIQ students are valued equally with heterosexual students. To do this, the book centers on a case study of a school system called the High Plains School District and its struggle to formally add gay and lesbian students to the district's non-discrimination policy. Based on this case study, the book also offers strategies for educators and local communities to learn how to become active and network for more protection for GLBTIQ students. The book also functions as a primer for related theories, terms, court decisions, and the general background of inclusion in schools.Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Educational Policy & Reform    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. Gays    5. Homosexuality and education    6. Identity    7. Plays / Drama    8. Social aspects    9. Students & Student Life    10. Education / Educational Reform   

Subjects:  1. Arts In General (Multi-Subject)    2. East and West    3. Exoticism in literature    4. Exoticism in motion pictures    5. Gay & Lesbian    6. General    7. Literary Criticism    8. Literature (Specific Aspects)    9. Plays / Drama    10. Literary Criticism / Drama   

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Very interesting read.
"Wriothesley's Roses" central purpose is to discuss Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, as The Rose of Shakespeare's sonnets.The author marshals much evidence, interpretation, and supposition (the latter being, perhaps, not such a solid thing, but still very interesting) to support his thesis.He makes a respectable case, and you probably will be pursuaded that The Rose is indeed Henry Wriothesley.I held back on the fifth star in rating this book because, frankly, the writing style was a bit dense.But overall, I recommend the book because it's an interesting topic and advances an interesting hypothesis.

Green's Sleuthing Reveals much about Shakespeare
Martin Green's WRIOTHESLEY'S ROSES IN SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS, POEMS AND PLAYS adds significantly to our information about Shakespeare, of whom few have been able to tell us very much. The book captures the social milieu ofthe times, mentioning almost everybody who was anybody. It focuses on thewell-educated, politically active, and sexually ambiguous coteriesurrounding the Earl of Essex and their influence on Shakespeare'sknowledge and concepts. Green's thesis is that the third Earl ofSouthampton, Henry Wriothesley (pronounced Rose-ly) was the "thou, myRose" to whom the sonnets were addressed, the inspirer ofShakespeare's red and white and Rose imagery. One cannot but be impressedby the amassed evidence, starting with the Wriothesly coat-of-arms and thearchitectural particulars of H.W.'s Titchfield home.For all who lovesleuthing, this book is a must. Stylistically a delight, partly because ofGreen's ready, wry humor, the book argues its case with the cogency of askillful lawyer, anticipating and covering all points of view. In hisinsightful interpretations of Shakespeare's writings, Green highlights thepuns and dark conceits that he says were there for artistic reasons and notout of legal necessity to avoid revelation of homosexual or sodomiticalcontent. The book concludes with a short, lyrical chapter describing aninitial meeting of Shakespeare and Henry Wriothesley, so beautiful that oneardently hopes it was so. Mr. Green is also author of THE LABYRINTH OFSHAKESPEARE's SONNETS, London 1974. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1564-1616    2. 16th century    3. Authors and patrons    4. Biography    5. Dramatists, English    6. Early modern, 1500-1700    7. England    8. History    9. Homosexuality and literature    10. Literary Criticism    11. Literary Criticism & Collections / History & Criticism    12. Plays / Drama    13. Relations with art patrons    14. Shakespeare    15. Shakespeare, William,    16. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616    17. Sonnets    18. Views on sexual orientation    19. Friends and associates    20. History & Criticism    21. Love Poetry    22. Shakespeare, William    23. Southampton, Henry Wriothesley   

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Vital element of Renaissance drama thoroughly investigated
Mary Bly, an Oxford-educated professor of Reniassance drama at New York's Fordham University, has produced in "Queer Virgins and Virgin Queens on the Early Modern Stage" a fantastic piece of scholarly investigation. This is not to say that the work is dry or unexciting at any point, though. She does a fascinating job of delving into the use of (bawdy) puns on the Reniassance stage. Her style of writing is vibrant and keeps the reader's attention throughout, and yet is endlessly informative. In the process of examining the puns, and the language of the time, she manages to give the reader a very clear sense of sixteenth/seventeenth century society. It is a brilliant piece of criticism and surely deserves a spot on the shelf right along with other literary critics of high standing. Absolutely indispensible for those interested in the subject matter. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. Child actors    3. Early Modern English Drama (1500-1700)    4. England    5. English drama    6. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. Gay & Lesbian    8. History    9. History and criticism    10. Homosexuality and literature    11. Literary Criticism    12. London    13. Performing Arts    14. Sexuality In Literature    15. Shakespeare    16. Theater - History & Criticism    17. British Isles    18. Contemporaries    19. English    20. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    21. Literature/English | British Literature | Renaissance    22. Plays & playwrights: 16th to 18th centuries    23. Shakespeare, William    24. Theatre, drama    25. Views on sexual orientation    26. c 1600 to c 1700   

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A modern classic
"Stray Dog Story" starts Robert Chesley's career as a mature playwright.Subtitled "An Adventure in Ten Scenes," it develops as a series of picaresque episodes on New York's mean streets.Characters flood the play, with actors double-cast in the ten scenes.Four characters, however, provide continuity: Buddy, a dog transformed into a man at the wish of his master; Jon, killed immediately thereafter by gaybashers who leave Buddy unable to fend for himself; Brett, an upwardly-mobile gay man who picks Buddy up, tries and then fails to help him; and a Bag Lady, who appears in several scenes and shows Buddy kindness on Christmas Eve, just before his death, at which point he reunites with the spirit of Jon.Other characters include a "Fairy Dog Mother" who transforms Buddy into a man; a thief who steals Jon's money before Buddy realizes he will go hungry without it; Tom, a gay activist at a public protest who first befriends Buddy, then turns against him when Buddy howls like a dog; and Dondi, a transvestite prostitute who tries to help Buddy until policemen assault and arrest her.It is no surprise to see gaybashers, policemen and a thief victimize Buddy; however, it is hard to watch Brett abandoning Buddy on the street, and a gay rights demonstrator kicking Buddy as the group marches off.Chesley's skeptical view of supposed community comes clear in such acts of betrayal.In the last scene Brett leaves a warm restaurant with his latest trick, while Buddy hides behind garbage cans starving to death.Buddy's reunion with his dead lover is heartbreaking, simultaneously pathetic and beautiful.Buddy carries the soul theme in this play, and the inability of other characters to recognize his soul indicts their humanity while forcing audience members to confront their own capacity to reach out to a person in need.

Poof! The Fairy Dog Mother Makes it so!
I produced and directed the Los Angeles Premiere of this play in 1998 and it ran for 14 weeks instead of the original six. A big hit.Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th Century American Drama    2. Dogs    3. Drama    4. Gay men    5. Plays   

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A Learned Gallimaufryof Psychoanalytic Scurrilousness
The author of this text has done his homework and seems to be adept with classical languages, postmodernism and psychoanalytic thought. Yet, there is just something disappointing about this work that purportedly advances our understanding of the role that the "good man" (vir bonus) plays in staging masculinity by means of elocutionary exercises. Amazing
This book was not only extremely interesting. but also very infomative. Well worth reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient - Rome    2. General    3. History and criticism    4. Homosexuality and literature    5. Latin    6. Performing Arts    7. Psychoanalysis and literature    8. Rhetoric    9. Rhetoric (Speech)    10. Rome    11. Sociology    12. Speeches, addresses, etc., Lat    13. Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin    14. Theater - History & Criticism    15. Theory (Performing Arts)    16. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    17. Social Science / Women's Studies   

Subjects:  1. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    2. Plays / Drama    3. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms    4. Drama texts: from c 1900 -    5. English    6. Gay & Lesbian studies   

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An eclectic look at the literary depiction of revenge.
In the space of just under 400 pages, Kerrigan manages to cover the themeof revenge through centuries of literary works. The range of his referencesis, as critic Frank Kermode said, "dazzling," but this does notdistract one from pondering his various points about revenge tragedy. Aboveall, the book is heuristic: it stimulates one to think about what revengehas meant throughout literary history and what it means today. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Comparative Literature    2. Gay & Lesbian    3. History: American    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature - Classics / Criticism    6. Reference    7. Revenge in literature    8. Semiotics & Theory    9. Special Subjects In Literature    10. Tragedy    11. Literary Criticism & Collections / General    12. Literary studies: general    13. Literature/English | Drama | Literary Criticism    14. Plays & playwrights   

Subjects:  1. Catholic gays    2. Drama    3. English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    4. Performing Arts/Dance   

Subjects:  1. American Drama    2. Bibliographies & Indexes    3. Bibliography    4. Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction    5. Gays    6. Gays' writings, American    7. Homosexuality and literature    8. Intellectual life    9. Reference    10. Sexuality In Literature    11. Theater - General    12. United States    13. Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies    14. Drama / General    15. English    16. Gay & Lesbian studies    17. Plays & playwrights    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. Directories    2. Gay men in literature    3. Gay men's writings, American    4. Gay men's writings, English    5. Homosexuality and literature    6. Plays   

Subjects:  1. Coming out (Sexual orientation    2. Coming out (Sexual orientation)    3. Drama    4. Gay men    5. Historical drama   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Fiction - General    3. Lesbian    4. Performing Arts / Theater / General    5. AIDS (Disease)    6. Comedies    7. Dance    8. Drama    9. Lesbians    10. Opera    11. Theater - General   

Subjects:  1. American    2. Canadian    3. Drama    4. Family    5. Gay men    6. Performing Arts/Dance    7. Plays / Drama    8. Drama / Canadian    9. Drama texts: from c 1900 -