Queer virgins and virgin queans on the early modern stage

Description:

"Queer Virgins and Virgin Queans looks at the early modern theatre through the lens of obscure and obscene puns - especially 'queer' puns, those that carry homoerotic resonances and speak to homoerotic desires. In particular, it resurrects the operations of a small boys' company known as the first Whitefriars, which performed for about nine months in 1607-8." "Queer Virgins and Virgin Queens engages with linguistic theory by arguing that puns create communities, if only for a few hours; with theatrical scholarship by arguing for a much stronger emphasis on the importance of the writing communities attached to theatres; and with queer theory by positing a self-aware homoerotic community in early modern London."--Jacket.

subjects: Child actors,  Contemporaries,  English drama,  Gay men in literature,  History,  History and criticism,  Homosexuality and literature,  Homosexuality, Male, in literature,  Puns and punning in literature,  Sex in literature,  Sexual orientation in literature,  Theater,  Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, contemporaries,  English drama, history and criticism, 17th century,  Homosexuality in literature,  Puns and punning,  Male homosexuality, in literature,  Contemporariesshakespeare, william , 1564-1616,  English drama--history and criticism,  English drama--17th century--history and criticism,  Homosexuality and literature--history,  Homosexuality and literature--england--london--history--17th century,  Child actors--history,  Child actors--england--london--history--17th century,  Theater--history,  Theater--england--london--history--17th century,  Male homosexuality in literature,  Homosexuality and literature--england--history--17th century,  Pr678.h58 b58 2000,  792/.086/6409421

People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places: England,  London

Times: 17th century