- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Rosalind
About this book
Played by a boy actor in 1599, Rosalind is a girl who gets into men's clothes so that she can investigate the truth about love. Both male and female, imaginary and real, her intriguing duality gives her a special role.This highly original biography of Rosalind contains exclusive new interviews with Juliet Rylance, Sally Scott, Janet Suzman, Juliet Stevenson, Michelle Terry, award-winning director Blanche McIntyre, as well as insights from Michael Attenborough, Kenneth Branagh, Greg Doran, Rebecca Hall, Adrian Lester, Pippa Nixon, Vanessa Redgrave, and Fiona Shaw.Exploring the fictitious life and the many after-lives of Rosalind, Angela Thirwell delves into the character's perennial influence on drama, fiction and art. For any fan of the theater, this book ranges far and wide across the Elizabethan world, sexual politics, autobiography, and filmography, bringing Shakespeare's immortal heroine to new and vivid life.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Prologue - Enter Rosalind
- Act One - In the Green Room – Rosalind ’s Ancestors
- Act Two Scene One - Rosalind’s Elder Sisters
- Act Two Scene Two - Younger Sisters
- Act Three - Call Me Ganymede – Rosalind Crosses the Border
- Interval - Gloriana
- Act Four - Like the Bay of Portugal – Rosalind’s Love Life
- Act Five Scene One - Celia – Juno’s Swan
- Act Five Scene Two - Orlando – So Much in the Heart of the World
- Epilogue - As You Like It
- Afterlife - A Woman For All Time – Rosalind’s Daughters
- Programme - Family Trees and Cast, Synopsis, Proverbs, Forest of Arden
- Acknowledgements
- Sources and Notes
- Filmography
- List of Illustrations
- Illustrations
- Index
- Copyright
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