An edition of "We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians": The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage (1987)

"We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians"

The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage

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An edition of "We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians": The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage (1987)

"We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians"

The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage

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Alyson Publications
Language
English
Pages
344

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Subjects

Drama, Gay men in literature, History, History and criticism, Lesbians in literature, Theater, Gays in literature

Places

New York, New York (State)

Times

20th century

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Cover of: We can always call them Bulgarians
We can always call them Bulgarians: the emergence of lesbians and gay men on the American stage
1987, Alyson Publications
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Cover of: "We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians"
"We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians": The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage
1987, Alyson Publications
in English
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 11
The first lesbian character ever seen on an English-language stage
Page 25
They said it with violets in 1926
Page 43
Introducing gay male characters in a Broadway play secretly and by night
Page 68
Stopping the Captive's pale brethren in their tracks: the 1927 Broadway show raid
Page 91
A horrible thing of soul leprosy stalks a Chicago stage
Page 105
Closeted gays onstage in the 1920s
Page 115
Seventeen live fairies onstage during a presidential year when New York had to be good
Page 127
Getting even with Sappho in overalls in 1929
Page 140
The 1930's: a moral constabulary with seats on the aisle
Page 154
Two closeted smash hits courtesy of Noel Coward
Page 170
A most revolutionary play and a commissioner of licenses on the prowl
Page 190
Saving the American theater - except for those they could always call Bulgarians
Page 210
Oscar Wilde's ghost conjured up upon the Broadway stage
Page 227
Aphrodites on Broadway: therapist to gays who hurt women
Page 250
1945 theatrical cause célèbre: the Little Flower and defective genital organs
Page 266
The first drama in any language to pit homophobia against homophilia
Page 291
An ugly chapter in the history of the American theater and the of the New York Times
Page 320
Index
Page 335

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Library of Congress
PN2277.N5 C87 1986

The Physical Object

Pagination
19cm.344. n.e.
Number of pages
344

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Open Library
OL17172293M
Internet Archive
wecanalwayscallt0000curt
ISBN 10
0932870341
LCCN
86017288
Library Thing
247035
Goodreads
725232

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