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Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.5, University of Freiburg (Englisches Seminar), course: Hauptseminar: British Drama after 1945, language: English, abstract: "From first to last [the] play is concerned with sexual and physical violence. (...) Nobody (...) will deny that it is the function of the theatre to reflect the horrific undercurrents of contemporary life. But it cannot be allowed, even in the name of freedom of speech, to do so without aim, purpose or meaning." "[The play] isn't just disgusting, it's pathetic (...) a lazy, tawdry piece of work without an idea in its head beyond an adolescent desire to shock." Accusations like these give evidence of how emotional, outraged, and hysterical theatre critics react when challenged by unexpectedly shocking and indigestible performances. It may come as a surprise that the above extracts are neither part of one single critique, nor do they refer to one single play. The first quote refers to Edward Bond's Saved (1965), whereas the second one refers to the late Sarah Kane's Blasted (1995). Not incidentally, both playwrights were accused by numerous irritated

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Author

Hanna Kubowitz

Publisher

GRIN Verlag. ein Imprint von GRIN Publishing GmbH

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9783640985234

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Drama