Not in Front of the Audience
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Author_Nicholas de Jongh
British stage censorship
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censorship in performance
chamberlain
Chopin
Cold War cultural studies
Commercial Theatre
desire
Doctor's Consulting Room
Doctor’s Consulting Room
Drawn Back
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Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Frank Birch
Gardening Gloves
gay
Gay Identity
Gay Men
Gay Sweatshop
Gay Theatre
Green Bay Tree
homosexual
Homosexual Desire
Hot Tin Roof
ian
Ian McKellen
identity
La Cage Aux Folles
LGBT representation drama
London Theatre
lord
Mrs Alving
postwar gay identity theatre
Quaint Honour
queer theatre history
Ri Ne
Sexual Orthodoxy
social attitudes sexuality
song
Sunday Night Performance
torch
Torch Song Trilogy
trilogy
Victualling Houses
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415033633
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 1992
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Not in Front of the Audience is a pioneering and important study of a neglected terrain, examining the way in which the theatres of London and New York have reflected contemporary social and cultural attitudes to 'gay men' and homosexuality.
In the 1920s and 1930s the theatre represented homosexuals as either corrupt, or morally pitiful. During the Cold War, under the influence of McCarthyism, homosexuality was perceived as not only morally reprehensible but also politically dangerous and the theatre dutifully reflected such perceptions. Until 1958, direct discussion or depiction of homosexuality was banned from the stage in Britain. But by the late 1960s the theatres of London and New York had begun to confront the issue of heterosexual prejudice and its devastating impact upon the lives of gay men and lesbians. In the wake of the AIDS epidemic, the author concludes, the representation of homosexuality in the theatre has again become an urgent and highly charged issue.
Nicholas de Jongh is very well known as arts correspondent, theatre critic and arts feature writer for The Guardian, he has recently moved to The Evening Standard
