ABSTRACT
This volume makes available an international collection of plays, from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the theatre culture of this period.
Lovesick brings together six plays, each with individual introductions, including an author biography and a production history. The editor provides a contextual introduction to the volume offering valuable information about the ancestry of gay theatre and queer performance.
The anthology reveals how 'sexual deviance' made its way into the drama of this time, and also how homosexual playwrights used comic or lyrical devices in order to celebrate a 'superior sensibility'.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|44 pages
The Blackmailers
A Play in Four Acts by John Gray and Marc-André Raffalovich (1894)
chapter 3|21 pages
“Mistakes”
Dramatic Study in Three Acts by Herbert Hirschberg (1906) Translated from the German by Laurence Senelick
chapter 4|16 pages
The Dangerous Precaution
Comedy in One Act With Songs by Mikhail Kuzmin (1907) Translated from the Russian by Laurence Senelick
chapter 5|32 pages
The Gentleman of the Chrysanthemums
Play in three Acts by Armory (Carle Dauriac) (1908) Translated from the French by Laurence Senelick
chapter 6|32 pages
Ania and Esther
A romantic Play in Seven Tableaux by Klaus Mann (1925) Translated from the German by Laurence Senelick
