"'Playing the men': Ellen Tree, Fanny Kemble, and Theatrical Constructions of Gender"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1283/
Author:
	Russell, Anne.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation (8): no. 1 (2013). (http://www.borrowers.uga.edu/.)
Annotation:
	Argues that early nineteenth-century responses to Ellen Tree's portrayal of Romeo and Fanny Kemble's stage readings of male roles in Shakespearean plays indicate that both women were judged for flouting social expectations for women. English summary.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Tree, Ellen; Kemble, Fanny
Keywords:
	cross-gender casting; Romeo
Tags:
	Actors, Acting, Directors, Directing, Productions, Romeo and Juliet, Stage and Theater History
WSB Update:
	Fall 2014
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc1283