It's a Drag: Cross-Dressing in Performance

by Janet Tennant

In addition to its memorable portraits of Shakespearean boy actors, pantomime dames, and other cross-dressing performers across history, It’s a Drag takes stock of the present and considers the future of the How will the drive toward equality affect the use of cross-dressing and cross-gender role casting? Will gender-blind roles become as prevalent as color-blind casting? And will cross-dressing continue to amuse and impress audiences, or can we imagine a time when gender differences will cease to be important?

262 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2022

Reviews

[Olivia Ramsbottom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating and thought provoking. Some great 'vignettes' particularly about wartime drag artistry.