Rose blossom speaks: Reflections of playing a heroine in the old-fashioned Western Melodrama Deadwood dick

Valerie Lynn Schrader

doi:10.1177/1532708612457638

Rose blossom speaks: Reflections of playing a heroine in the old-fashioned Western Melodrama Deadwood dick

Valerie Lynn Schrader

Penn State Schuylkill

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This autoethnographic essay explores the representation of one of the heroines in the old-fashioned western melodrama Deadwood Dick. Through an examination of the author's experience performing the role of one of the heroines in a local community theatre production, this essay reflects on the way heroines are portrayed in western melodramas. It is observed that the audience plays a major role in the interpretation of the performance, thus allowing for the western melodrama to evolve and adapt to the twenty-first century.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	506-508
Number of pages	3
Journal	Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708612457638
State	Published - Dec 2012

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Cultural Studies
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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Rose blossom speaks: Reflections of playing a heroine in the old-fashioned Western Melodrama Deadwood dick

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