Title Performing Opposition : Modern Theater and the Scandalized Audience

Published ABC-CLIO 2003

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Description 1 online resource (248) Contents Cover -- 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 Lugn233; 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 Summary Modern theater history is punctuated by instances of scandalized audience members disrupting and in some cases suspending the first production of a new play. Such incidents are usually dismissed as riots, as self-evident displays of philistinism. 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.''Performing Opposition draws on reviews, memoirs, interviews, and court records to present engaging and insightful accounts of these clashes--clashes that Blackadder proposes as a unique and distinct category of event in a time when unprecedentedly restrained norms of auditorium behavior coincided with a regeneration of writing for the stage. Offering the first detailed examination of affronted theatergoers' counter-performances, the volume represents an intriguing illumination of a largely overlooked aspect of performed drama and its history 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 European drama. Experimental theater. Theater audiences. Europe. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 1282408836 9781282408838

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