Changing Room Sex, Drag and Theatre

In The Changing Room, Laurence Senelick takes readers on a colourful, lavishly illustrated tour of the stages and dressing-rooms of history, from tribal rituals and sacred prostitution, to contemporary musical comedy and performance art. This wide ranging survey not only covers the globe from New Guinea to New York, but takes in such fascinating topics as soldier shows, operatic castrati, and the rise of lip synching. This lucidly written, highly entertaining yet scholarly history celebrates the huge contribution that theatrical cross-dressing has made to the human spirit, challengingSenelick, Laurence is the author of 'Changing Room Sex, Drag and Theatre' with ISBN 9780415159869 and ISBN 0415159865.