Documentary Trial Plays in Contemporary American Theater /

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This book chronicles the development of the documentary trial play in late-twentieth-century American theater. From the Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the O.J. Simpson trial to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill congressional hearings, legal and legislative proceedings in the latter part of the twentieth-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connor, Jacqueline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dokumentartheater
Gerichtsverhandlung
Recht
Drama
Trials in literature.
Theater > Production and direction.
Literature and history.
Historical drama, American.
DRAMA > American.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Proces dans la litterature.
Litterature et histoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Theâtre > Production et mise en scene > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Literature and history > United States > History > 20th century.
Theater > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century.
Historical drama, American > History and criticism.
USA.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Legal representation
  • Judicial identification : The trial of the Catonsville Nine and The Chicago conspiracy trial
  • National investigation : Inquest and Are you now or have you ever been
  • Ideological confrontation : Execution of justice and Greensboro (a requiem)
  • Individual interrogation, communal resolution : unquestioned integrity : The Hill/Thomas hearings, Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde, and The Laramie project
  • Conclusion : Cultural legislation.

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