Sex and War on the American Stage - Lysistrata in performance 1930-2012

American adaptations of Aristophanes' enduring comedy Lysistrata have used laughter to critique sex, war, and feminism for nearly a century. Unlike almost any other play circulating in contemporary theatres, Lysistrata has outlived its classical origins in 411 BCE and continues to shock and delight audiences to this day. The

List of contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction Power Play
History, Theory, and Adaptation
Chapter 1 Sophisticated or Seditious?
Broadway, Gilbert Seldes, and Pablo Picasso (1930)
Chapter 2 Raced Bodies/Erased Bodies
The Federal Theatre Project’s Negro Repertory Lysistrata (1936)
Chapter 3 Cold War Cowboys at Home on the Range
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Chapter 4 Spinning Yarns
Spiderwoman Theater’s Lysistrata Numbah! (1977)
Chapter 5 Staging Strikes and Trafficking in Trauma
The Lysistrata Project (2003)
Chapter 6 Opting Out and Giving (it) Up
The Uncoupling and Lysistrata Jones (2011-12)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Emily B. Klein is Assistant Professor of English and Drama at Saint Mary's College of California.

Summary

American adaptations of Aristophanes’ enduring comedy Lysistrata have used laughter to critique sex, war, and feminism for nearly a century. Unlike almost any other play circulating in contemporary theatres, Lysistrata has outlived its classical origins in 411 BCE and continues to shock and delight audiences to this day. The

Product details

• Authors: Emily Klein
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928951
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92895-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Cultural Studies, The arts: general issues, DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, DRAMA / American / General, Social groups, Theatre Studies, Classical texts, Feminism & feminist theory, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Performance Art, Feminism and feminist theory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, The arts: general topics, Social groups, communities and identities