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Author Wyllie, Andrew.

Title Sex on stage : gender and sexuality in post-war British theatre / Andrew Wyllie.

Publication Info. Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, 2009.
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Description 1 online resource (160 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Emergence of the female canon -- Masculine anxieties -- Gay and lesbian plays -- Gender and farce: Ayckbourn and Orton.
Summary In the post-war period, theatre provided an important critique of the way in which British society engaged with issues of the politics of gender and sexuality. Sex on Stage examines how British playwrights brought gender politics including women's sexuality and gay and lesbian issues to the cutting edge of drama after World War II. Through a close reading of playwrights such as John Osborne, Harold Pinter and Terence Rattigan, alongside accounts of their socio-political context and public reception, Andrew Wyllie reveals that this more progressive age was also one in which masculine anxieties.
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Subject Feminism and theater -- Great Britain.
Feminism and theater.
Great Britain.
Women in the theater -- Great Britain.
Women in the theater.
Sex role in the theater -- Great Britain.
Sex role in the theater.
Theater and society -- Great Britain.
Theater and society.
Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Theater.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 21st century
1900-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Wyllie, Andrew. Sex on stage. Bristol ; Chicago : Intellect, 2009 9781841502038 1841502030 (OCoLC)225876007
ISBN 9781841502922 (electronic book)
1841502928 (electronic book)
1841502030
9781841502038

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