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Queer theatre in the 19th century was a place of codes, cross-dressing and blackmail

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par David Coates, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Warwick

In today’s theatre industry, you don’t have to look far to find queer representation. Although the theatre has long been seen as an accepting place for LGBTQ+ people, in the 19th century, examples of queer lives from the stage profession are difficult to find.

I’m a theatre historian at the University of Warwick, and for queer history month in February, I worked on retrieving histories of LGBTQ+ men.

The best-known queer icon from the theatre prior to the 20th century is Oscar Wilde. Details of his arrest in 1895 for gross indecency, the notorious trials that followed and…

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