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I Was Cleopatra

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. . . a poignant coming-of-age tale that explores the complexities of youth and gender performance. . . . A thought-provoking work that will encourage readers to learn more about the world of Elizabethan theater. (Kirkus Reviews 2018-02-05)An impeccably researched and precisely told foray into the days of Shakespeare. (Booklist 2018-04-01)In this fictional memoir of John Rice, an Elizabethan child actor, readers are given a glimpse into what life was like as he honed his stagecraft. (Literacy Daily 2018-03-19)The Play’s the Thing by Dennis Abrams:“Abrams takes his reader on a glorious journey through the world of Shakespeare, the worlds within his plays, the worlds within the human psyche — and then brings us home, transformed.” New York Journal of Books

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I Was Cleopatra:". . . a poignant coming-of-age tale that explores the complexities of youth and gender performance. . . . A thought-provoking work that will encourage readers to learn more about the world of Elizabethan theatre."―Kirkus Reviews"An impeccably researched and precisely told foray into the days of Shakespeare." ― BooklistThe Play’s the Thing by Dennis Abrams:“Abrams takes his reader on a glorious journey through the world of Shakespeare, the worlds within his plays, the worlds within the human psyche ― and then brings us home, transformed.” New York Journal of Books

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Product details

Hardcover: 195 pages

Publisher: Groundwood Books (April 3, 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1773060228

ISBN-13: 978-1773060224

Product Dimensions:

5.2 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

5.0 out of 5 stars

4 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#2,464,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

This novel is a real treasure! Dennis Abrams takes the bare bones of what is known about one John Rice, a boy actor playing female characters at the Globe in the time of Shakespeare and Bem Johnson, and the plague. With extraordinary imagination and well-researched detail, Abrams inhabits the subjectivity of this character, embroidering the details of his childhood, life and acting career, including the very nuanced transformation in the character John Rice as he masters the art of becoming the women he personates. The story is rich in detail throughout. Abrams' command of Shakespeare is magnificent, and he does an exceptional job of fleshing out the historical context, from the heads of traitors on pikes, to the scourges of the plague, to the building and relocation of the Globe Theater, to the environment of Southwark where the Globe and other theaters and "brutal entertainments" were located.Woven into this narrative is an incredibly well-grounded consideration of gender, of gender as performance, of gender fluidity, and of gender in the most human of relationships. The imagined John Rice describes himself as being of small stature, with a high voice and characterized as possessing a "more feminine way of being" compared to other boys. Watching the Shakespeare comedy "As You Like It," he is fascinated and awed by the male actor portraying Rosalind when he "slipped into her disguise as the young man Ganymede", and "magically became a man playing a woman playing a man." Rice describes his actor's training as learning the "manners, words, gestures and bearing" that differentiate a woman from a man, and concludes that the central questions that haunt him throughout his life on stage are "What exactly is it that makes one a man? Or a woman? Or is it possible to be composed of elements of both? Is there a difference between how you are seen by the world and how you see yourself?" Later in his career, Rice is mentored by Master Shakespeare himself, who confesses to him that "...composing the multiple layering of boys as girls falling in love on stage with other boys and men falling in love with girls who are really boys amuses me as few other things do."This novel is an enchanting read from beginning to end.

Written as if John Rice was telling the story so the language is of the time but very easy to read. I loved all the descriptions of London and surrounding areas, and how life was for a child actor like John Rice and this theatre company (the King’s Men). You get pulled into this book, immersed in the time and immersed in Shakespeare!

Far, far more interesting than I had expected it be. It gave me much insight into the world of English Renaissance theatre and a much deeper appreciation of Shakespeare. In fact, I am now encouraged to acquire a collection of Shakespeare's plays, and to seek out performances and films that I have been passing by.

An excellent journey with John Rice, going behind the scenes of Shakespeare's days at the Globe.

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