Scandal on stage : European theater as moral trial /

New plays and operas have often tried to upset the status quo or disturb the assumptions of theatre audiences. Yet, as this study explores, the reactions of the audience or of the authorities are often more extreme than the creators had envisaged, to include outrage, riots, protests or censorship. S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ziolkowski, Theodore
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Theater > Moral and ethical aspects > Europe.
Theater and society > Europe.
Theater > Political aspects > Europe.
Théâtre > Aspect moral > Europe.
Théâtre et société > Europe.
Théâtre > Aspect politique > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Theater and society.
Theater > Moral and ethical aspects.
Theater > Political aspects.
Skandal
Drama
Europe.
Frankreich
Deutschland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Scandals as a non-event? ; Art as provocation? ; Freedom of art? ; What is scandal? ; A moral institution?
  • Overtures. The morality of robbers (Schiller's Die Räuber) ; The battle of Hernani (Hugo's Hernani)
  • Scanning the surface. The drama of schnaps and forceps (Hauptmann's Vor Sonnenaufgang) ; The drama of the savage god (Jarry's Ubu Roi)
  • Sounding the depths. Femme de siècle (Wilde/Strauss's Salome) ; Spring massacre (Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps)
  • Diagnosing the present. Dancing toward the abyss (Schnitzler's Reigen) ; Trouble in Mahogonny (Brecht/Weill's Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahogonny)
  • Overcoming the past. Defrocking the deputy (Hochhuth's Der Stellvertreter) ; The wreck of the Medusa (Henze's Das Floss der Medusa).

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