Monks, Aoife. The actor in costume

Folger bibliographic ID: 266029
Folger call number: PN2067 .M55 2010
Folger holdings ID: 351883
Accession Number: 267180

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-150) and index Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Dressing-Up: The Actor's Body and Costume * Dressing the Audience: Fashion and Costume at the Theatre * Uses of Beauty: Substance and Depth in Modernist Costume * Cross-dressing: Authenticity and the Real Performer * Undressing: The Disappointments of Nudity * Dressing the Immaterial: The Problem of Ghosts * Epilogue

Contents

Introduction : the dress rehearsal -- Dressing rooms : the actor's body and costume -- Dressing the audience : a history of fashion at the theatre -- Re-dressing the actor : modernist costume -- Cross-dressing : authenticity and identity -- Undressing : the disappointments of nudity -- Dressing the immaterial : costume and the problem of ghosts

Extended title: The actor in costume / Aoife Monks

Costume Theater audiences Whitman College

author: Monks, Aoife
subject: Whitman College