Table of Contents: Performing opposition:

Main Author:	Blackadder, Neil Martin, 1963-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Connecticut ; London: Praeger, c2003
Subjects:	European drama > History and criticism > 20th century European drama > History and criticism > 19th century Experimental theater > History > 20th century > Europe Experimental theater > History > 19th century > Europe Theater audiences > History > 19th century > Europe

Table of 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 Lugne? 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, Lehrstu?ck, Mahagonny, and A Man's Man.