EPISODE · Oct 17, 2022 · 27 MIN
Orlando and Drag
from The Virginia Woolf Podcast · host Karina Jakubowicz
Send us Fan MailKarina interviews drag king Holly James Johnston, who created a drag act entirely based on Woolf's character, Orlando. She regularly performs as Orlando and has spoken about what it means to apply Woolf's novel to the art of drag and dress. Her photographs for 'Adventures in Time and Gender' vividly reimagined what Orlando would have looked like during the 2020 lockdown.https://adventuresintimeandgender.org/wormholes/orlando/https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/profile-holly-james-johnston/To learn more about Literature Cambridge, go to https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk or follow them on:https://litcamb.substack.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/literature-cambridgeand Instagram @litcamb
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Send us Fan Mail Karina interviews drag king Holly James Johnston, who created a drag act entirely based on Woolf's character, Orlando. She regularly performs as Orlando and has spoken about what it means to apply Woolf's novel to the art of drag and dress. Her photographs for 'Adventures in Time and Gender' vividly reimagined what Orlando would have looked like during the 2020 lockdown. https://adventuresintimeandgender.org/wormholes/orlando/ https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/profile-holly-ja...
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