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Zusatztext Laura Bradley's book about theatre censorship in East Germany is fascinating, not least because it is about something which official did not exist. ... Bradley's approach is sound. She looks at a number of metropolitan and regional theatres between 1961 and 1989 and discusses a number of instances of censorship with a particular interest in how theatre practicioners and officials negotiated crisis points. Informationen zum Autor Laura Bradley is Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Brecht and Political Theatre: 'The Mother' on Stage , and she has published widely on twentieth-century German theatre and censorship. Klappentext Drawing on material from previously secret archives, this study explores how theatre was censored in the GDR from 1961 to 1989. By examining a range of case studies, from banned stagings to those that met with official approval, the book reveals the shifting patterns of cooperation and conflict that shaped the space for theatrical experimentation. Zusammenfassung Drawing on material from previously secret archives, this study explores how theatre was censored in the GDR from 1961 to 1989. By examining a range of case studies, from banned stagings to those that met with official approval, the book reveals the shifting patterns of cooperation and conflict that shaped the space for theatrical experimentation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations List of abbreviations Administrative map of the GDR 1: Introduction Part I: Theatre censorship in East Berlin 2: Contemporary drama in the 1960s: a contested space 3: The Prague Spring: allegories and allusions 4: Heine, Kleist, and Büchner in the 1970s Part II: Theatre censorship in the regions 5: Political patchwork? Regional experiences of theatre censorship 6: Schwerin and Anklam in the early 1980s: cooperation and conflict 7: Dresden and Bautzen in the late 1980s: performing perestroika 8: Conclusion References Index ...
