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- Title
"There is Nothin' like a Dame": Christopher Marlowe's Helen of Troy at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Authors
GODWIN, LAURA GRACE
- Abstract
The article explores the use of sexual taboo on stage during the performance of the play "Doctor Faustus," by English dramatist Christopher Marlowe, as staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The author argues that the performance challenges William Shakespeare's dominance of English theater, by presenting Marlowe as an alternative and as a mainstream comparable to the Shakespearean theatrical mode. Sexuality in "Doctor Faustus" was shown by the RSC through the performance of a naked Helen, considered by Marlowe as the infernal partner of Faustus.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; MARLOWE, Christopher, 1564-1593; DOCTOR Faustus (Theatrical production); HUMAN sexuality in the theater; ROYAL Shakespeare Co.; HELEN, of Troy, Queen of Sparta (Legendary character) in literature; ENGLISH theater
- Publication
Shakespeare Bulletin, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
0748-2558
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/shb.0.0058