Lovesick: Modernest Plays Of Same-Sex (Gay) Love

by Laurence Senelick

This volume makes available an international collection of plays, from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the theatre culture of this period.
Lovesick brings together six plays, each with individual introductions, including an author biography and a production history. The editor provides a contextual introduction to the volume offering valuable information about the ancestry of gay theatre and queer performance.
The anthology reveals how 'sexual deviance' made its way into the drama of this time, and also how homosexual playwrights used comic or lyrical devices in order to celebrate a 'superior sensibility'.

Genres: Gay, LGBT, Drama

212 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 1998

About the author

Laurence Senelick is Fletcher Professor of Drama and Oratory at Tufts University and a recipient of the George Jean Nathan Prize for dramatic criticism. His award-winning books include The Age and Stage of George L. Fox; The Chekhov Theatre: A Century of the Plays in Performance; and The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre. He is also a professional actor, director, and translator who has staged a number of American premieres.

See Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series Volume 91, pg. 371-372 for an excellent overview.

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[Yannis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Κουραστικά, πομπώδη, ανόητα έργα.
Πολύ περισσότερο ενδιαφέρον είχαν τα κείμενα ντοκουμέντα, οι κριτικές και οι ελάχιστες φωτογραφίες της εποχής.
Πάντως κυρίαρχη φιγούρα στα έργα με γκέι ήρωα ήταν πάντα ένας λούμπεν τύπος που εκβίαζε...