Hamlets Hereditary Queen
Hamlets Hereditary Queen This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet's Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure within the play. She could instead be played as Denmark's…
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Hamlets Hereditary Queen
This book explores a fresh and insightful interpretation of Hamlet's Gertrude as a prominent and powerful figure within the play. She could instead be played as Denmark's blood royal Queen, her role in the play then being about female political power. It shows how traditional readings of this character, both performance-based and scholarly, have been guided and constrained by misogynistic perspectives on female power.Bringing together the author's wealth of insight from a theatre practitioner's perspective and combining it with a scholarly perspective, the book argues that Gertrude need not be limited to sex and motherhood.
The book takes into consideration Gertrude's royal status could play out on stage through a variety of possible performance choices for stage design, stage business, acting processes, and the actor's presence - both speaking and silent.