Performing opposition modern theater and the scandalized audience

Title:

Author:

Blackadder, Neil Martin, 1963-

ISBN:

9780313057625

Personal Author:

Blackadder, Neil Martin, 1963-

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 228 p.)

Contents:

Introduction : modern theater scandals and the evolution of the theatrical event -- "Are we in a brothel here, or a theater?" : resisting naturalism, Hauptmann's Before Sunrise -- "Down with Lugné chamber pot!" :playing with the taboo, Jarry's Ubo Roi -- "This is not Irish life!" : defending national identity, Synge's The Playboy of the Western World -- "A slander on the citizen army!" : vindicating fallen heroes, O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars -- "Pfui!" : disdaining experimentation, Brech during the Weimar Republic : In the Jungle, Baal, Lehrstück, Mahagonny, and A Man's Man.

Subject Term:

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.

Théâtre européen -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.

Théâtre européen -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.

Théâtre expérimental -- Europe -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.

Théâtre expérimental -- Europe -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.

Théâtre -- Publics -- Europe -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.