Abstract
In this paper I examine the issues of gender in the performances of Hamlet by Sarah Bernhardt and Eva Le Gallienne. I analyze the cultural contexts for their performances as it relates to their homosexuality both on and off stage. I place these women and their time periods in conversation with each other and then reflect this conversation onto the University of Puget Sound’s 2015 mainstage production of Hamlet starring Cassie Jo Fastabend as the titular princess.
First Advisor
John Lear
Degree Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Rights
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in History
Date of Award
Spring 5-17-2015
Department
History
Recommended Citation
Faigel, Madeleine Ruby, "Frailty thy Name is Woman: Sarah Bernhardt and Eva Le Gallienne as Hamlet" (2015). History Theses. 16.
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/history_theses/16
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