When we think of the Victorian era, which produced subversive wits like Oscar Wilde, we tend to stereotype it as a time of prudishness and ultra-conservatism. And yet Wilde's London was filled with performers who shot to fame for cross-dressing. When women weren't starring in "breeches" roles"for which they either played men or women pretending […]
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:59PM on September 1, 2015