Theatre under Louis XIV : cross-casting and the performance of gender in drama, ballet and opera / Julia Prest.

Author/creator Prest, Julia
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Description195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Performing arts--France. --History. --17th century.
Performing arts--France. --History. --18th century.
Female impersonators--France. --History. --17th century.
Female impersonators--France. --History. --18th century.
Male impersonators--France. --History. --17th century.
Male impersonators--France. --History. --18th century.
French drama--17th century. --History and criticism.
French drama--18th century. --History and criticism.

Variant title Theatre under Louis 14
Variant title Theatre under Louis the fourteenth
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-189) and index.
LCCN 2005057634
ISBN1403975183 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781403975188