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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818047703321

Autore

Blackadder Neil Martin <1963->

Titolo

Performing opposition : modern theater and the scandalized audience / / Neil Blackadder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , c2003

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-69613-8

1-282-40883-6

9786612408830

0-313-05762-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

809.2/04

Soggetti

European drama - 19th century - History and criticism

European drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Experimental theater - Europe - History - 19th century

Experimental theater - Europe - History - 20th century

Theater audiences - Europe - History - 19th century

Theater audiences - Europe - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Modern Theater Scandals and the Evolution of the Theatrical Event -- 1 "Are We in a Brothel Here, or a Theater?": Resisting Naturalism -- 2 "Down with Lugné Chamber Pot!": Playing with the Taboo -- 3 "This Is Not Irish Life!": Defending National Identity -- 4 "A Slander on the Citizen Army!": Vindicating Fallen Heroes -- 5 "Pfui!": Disdaining Experimentation -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.