Title Not in front of the audience : homosexuality on stage / Nicholas de Jongh

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description xiv, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Bibliography: p.201-204 Bibliography: p.201-204 Contents From the playhouse to the old Bailey -- The deviant, the damned and the dandified: 1925-1939 -- The enemy within: 1949-1958 -- Out of bondage towards being: 1958-1969 -- 'Simply the thing I am shall make me live': 1969-1981 -- The return of the outcast: 1981-1985 Summary A study of the theater's treatment of homosexuals and homosexuality from the 1920s to the 1990s Analysis English drama Special subjects Homosexuality London (England) New York (N.Y.) English drama Special subjects Sexuality London (England) New York (N.Y.) Homosexuality Related to Theatre History London (England) New York Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index Subject Drama -- History and criticism -- 20th century. Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Gay men in literature. Gay men's writings. Gay theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Gay theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Homosexuality and literature. Homosexuality in literature. Homosexuality in the theater. Theater and society -- Great Britain. Theater and society -- United States. Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century. LC no. 91016819 ISBN 0415033624 0415033632 (paperback)

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