... comes into view and disappears. In the modern theater, the visible effects of disability are akin to “passing,” both as disabled and as able-bodied. When disabled actors appear on stage, they often seem to be hypervisible, failing to pass as characters, and to such an extent that their presence disrupts...

... James Test Pilot Walker Robert Bad Man The Temple Shirley Tennessee Johnson Guy Named Joe A Watson Bobs Barrymore Elaine Barrie disability acting Dr. Leonard Gillespie Louis B. Mayer MGM disabled actors character actor In the strange, half-hidden genealogy of the icons of popular culture...