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dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Chelsea-
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-21T12:40:38Z-
dc.date.available2014-02-21T12:40:38Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationPhillips, Chelsea. “«Unsex Me Here»: Bodies and Femininity in the Performance History of Lady Macbeth.” «Testi e linguaggi» 7(2013): 353-361. [Studi monografici. Letteratura in performance, a cura di A. D’Amelia e A. Piazza]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1974-2886en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10556/1147-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14273/unisa-37-
dc.description.abstractJenijoy La Belle argued that Lady Macbeth’s “unsex me here” speech expresses Lady Macbeth’s desire to be made more masculine through amenorrhea. This amenorrhea enables Duncan’s murder, but leaves her barren. La Belle’s essay is predicated on Lady Macbeth’s female and initially fertile body, which is rendered barren by her actions in the first act. This paper considers alternative readings of Lady Macbeth’s femininity and amenorrhea codified by two historical bodies: the male body of Shakespeare’s original actor and the pregnant body of Sarah Siddons in 1785 and 1794. In the original performance, the boy actor seeks an amenorrhea that, like his inability to bear children, already, and always, exists. Siddons’ Lady Macbeth likewise requests an existing amenorrhea, but one which is a symptom of a pregnancy, not barrenness. The original boy actor’s body contains no potential for maternity; Siddons’ pregnant body, in contrast, is visibly fertile, offering the possibility of dynastic continuance for Macbeth. A barren Lady Macbeth denies the possibility of dynasty through amenorrhea; a pregnant Lady Macbeth’s amenorrhea reinforces her fertility.en_US
dc.format.extentP. 353-361en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoma : Carocci-
dc.sourceUniSa. Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneoen_US
dc.subjectShakespeareen_US
dc.subjectLady Macbethen_US
dc.subjectActor/actressen_US
dc.title«Unsex Me Here»: Bodies and Femininity in the Performance History of Lady Macbethen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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