Woman In Theater
Woman In TheaterWoman In Theatre
Woman in Greek theatre is something you just don�t see. In fact woman were put in the same category as slaves. In this time of the gods, woman were forbid to play their own part in the famous thing we call Greek theatre. Taking the place of these women were testosterone driven men portraying the woman part with their own preconceived idea of how woman really are. This act of men in drag to portray the �Woman�, is absurd. In fact, who ever thought a male could act out the part of the female any better than a woman herself.
In the essay by Sue-Ellen Case called, �Classic Drag�, she states that Classical plays may be re-directed with the feminine perspective to mock the fact of men in drag. Then on the other hand, this type of play may not be suitable to be shown to represent and study the practice of theatre. So does this mean the best way to study...
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