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Neil BlackadderPublication Details
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Modern theater history is punctuated by instances of scandalized audience members disrupting and in some cases suspending the first production of a new play. Neil Blackadder’s intriguing new study reveals them in fact to be multifaceted conflicts, showing the ways in which these protesters-acting against plays by such notables as Jarry, Synge, and Brecht-creatively devised and enacted resistance through verbal rejoinders, physical gestures, and organized group demonstrations. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- European drama — 20th century — History and criticism
- European drama — 19th century — History and criticism
- Experimental theater — Europe — History — 20th century
- Experimental theater — Europe — History — 19th century
- Theater audiences — Europe — History — 20th century
- Theater audiences — Europe — History — 19th century
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Notes
- "Neil Blackadder is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Knox College."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Introduction: Modern Theater Scandals and the Evolution of the Theatrical Event
- 1. "Are We in a Brothel Here, or a Theater?" Resisting Naturalism: Hauptmann’s Before Sunrise
- 2. "Down with Lugne Chamber Pot!": Playing with the Taboo" Jarry’s Ubu Roi
- 3. "This Is Not Irish Life!": Defending National Identity: Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World
- 4. "A Slander on the Citizen Army!": Vindicating Fallen Heroes: O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars
- 5. "Pfui!": Disdaining Experimentation: Brecht during the Weimer Republic: In the Jungle, Baal, Lehrstuck, Mahagonny, and A Man’s a Man
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- 0275980561
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