Theatre provocateur : when drama isn't sanitized /
While sex and violence on screen have become so ubiquitous that viewers scarcely bat an eye when watching them, sex and violence on stage still have the power to stir strong emotion and heated controversy. Perhaps this is because viewers are seeing real people, in the flesh, engage in acts both atro...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[San Diego, Calif.] :
Cognella Academic Publishing,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Rev. 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | While sex and violence on screen have become so ubiquitous that viewers scarcely bat an eye when watching them, sex and violence on stage still have the power to stir strong emotion and heated controversy. Perhaps this is because viewers are seeing real people, in the flesh, engage in acts both atrocious and intimate. This book examines sex and violence in this most personal of the performing arts. It provides a base of literary knowledge, and links seminal plays of the past to contemporary theatre to examine how stage portrayals of sex and violence shift over time. The anthology samples drama from ancient Greece to the present through sections such as "Bordello Drama" and "Extreme Consequences." It also showcases four new artists whose work is both surprising and provocative. |
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| Physical Description: | 620 pages ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781626612624 (pbk) 1626612625 (pbk) 9781626612631 (br) 1626612633 (br) |