Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 63 T2 - Shakespeare Studies (Japan) SP - 1-17 ID - bbbo870 T1 - "Dangerously Seductive Men: Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses Plays and Marlowe's Edward II" AU - Kitamura, Sae PY - 2025 DA - 2026 LA - English AB - Considers attractiveness and sexual politics in the first tetralogy. Argues that "in all the Wars of the Roses plays, the seductive power of male and female characters is always dangerous in political contexts." Calls for productions to emphasize male characters' seductive powers and sexual charisma as a way to better portray the historical politics. ER -