A queery of everything: queer-conscious casting and multiverse dramaturgy.
This article investigates the theatrical casting of straight roles as queer to elucidate new meanings (what I am calling queer-conscious casting) and how this choice can be read in relation to historic casting practices as well as queer theories of time and space. The case study is Nick Payne's Cons...
| Publicado en: | Studies in Theatre & Performance Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 214 - 232 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2025
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