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Noh theater--its fluidity of gender and persona, all-male dance troops, and exploration of psychology over outward representation. How Noh differs from Kabuki. Cross-dressing in Shakespeare's plays, in which men played all the roles, and how women's roles were written to be played by men. Disguise as a plot device in the plays. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish theater's use of female actors and the motif of a woman in search of a man who has dishonored her so she can restore her honor by marrying him. Humor and temporary social disorder in the dramas.
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