{"product_id":"performing-opposition-modern-theater-and-the-scandalized-audience-9780275980566","title":"Performing Opposition: Modern Theater and the Scandalized Audience","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Neil Martin Blackadder\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Praeger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Praeger\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern theater history is punctuated by instances of scandalized audience members disrupting and in some cases suspending the first production of a new play. Such incidents are usually dismissed as riots, as self-evident displays of philistinism. Neil Blackadder's intriguing new study reveals them in fact to be multifaceted conflicts, showing the ways in which these protesters-acting against plays by such notables as Jarry, Synge, and Brecht-creatively devised and enacted resistance through verbal rejoinders, physical gestures, and organized group demonstrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerforming Opposition\u003c\/i\u003e draws on reviews, memoirs, interviews, and court records to present engaging and insightful accounts of these clashes--clashes that Blackadder proposes as a unique and distinct category of event in a time when unprecedentedly restrained norms of auditorium behavior coincided with a regeneration of writing for the stage. Offering the first detailed examination of affronted theatergoers' counter-performances, the volume represents an intriguing illumination of a largely overlooked aspect of performed drama and its history.","brand":"Praeger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085711007895,"sku":"9780275980566","price":6944.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780275980566.webp?v=1767638335","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/performing-opposition-modern-theater-and-the-scandalized-audience-9780275980566","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}