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    Tempests and Tangles Teasing out the Complexities of Gender through Shakespeare and Drag

    Year: 2022, 2022
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Dobbs, Taylor George, Thesis advisor (ths): Brown, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Loeb, Andrew, Degree committee member (dgc): Hodges, Hugh, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This thesis creates an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest that reshapes the play through a focus on queer identities. Specifically, through setting the play at a Drag club and changing the characters accordingly a nuanced view of how gender roles shape the interactions we have with ourselves, our society, and our environment. The chapters that proceed the adaptation… more