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- Gender-bending and cross-gender acting in theater is a tradition that goes back to its very beginning. For hundreds of years, the stage was not considered the proper place for a woman, so male actors would play both male and female characters.
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Cross-gender acting, also called cross-gender casting or cross-casting, refers to actors or actresses portraying a character of the opposite sex. It is distinct from both transgender and cross-dressing character roles. Cross-gender acting often interacts with complex cultural ideas about gender.
Mar 9, 2014 · Gender-bending and cross-gender acting in theater is a tradition that goes back to its very beginning. For hundreds of years, the stage was not considered the proper place for a woman, so male actors would play both male and female characters.
Sep 23, 2014 · The two questions that arise in all cross-dressed Shakespeare are whether the gender of the character changes along with that of the actor, and to what extent the text requires rewriting.
Jul 15, 2021 · Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater.
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Some cultures, like Tang and Yuan dynasty China, had traditions of cross-gender acting for both men and women concurrently. Modern American cross-gender acting, especially in musical theatre roles where men play women, is often employed for comedic effect.
Dec 13, 2022 · Cross-gender casting in British and North American Shakespeare is not a new phenomenon. Indeed Anne Russell goes so far as to call it a ‘tradition’ (Russell 1996, p. 138). Following the introduction of women upon the Restoration stage in 1660, the cross-dressed female actor became ubiquitous within eighteenth- and nineteenth-century genres ...
Sep 7, 2007 · Cross-dressing is a vital part of theatrical tradition. It has also acquired an extra layer of significance in an age when women feel a new empowerment and want to extend their theatrical...
