Straight acting
popular gay drama from Wilde to Rattigan
by Sean O'Connor
Between the trials of Oscar Wilde in the 1890s and the beginnings of legal reforms in the 1960s, the West End stage was dominated by the work of gay playwrights. In a book that covers both familiar and lesser-known works, Sean O'Connor examines the legacy of Wilde as a playwright and as a gay man, and explores in the works of Somerset Maugham, Noel Coward and Terence Rattigan the resonance of Wilde's agenda for tolerance and his creed of individuality.
O'Connor contextualizes these plays against the enormous social and historical changes of the twentieth century. He also examines the legal restrictions which regulated the personal lives of these writers and required them to evolve sophisticated strategies in order to express on stage, albeit obliquely, their dilemmas as gay men.
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History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Gay men's writings, English, Popular literature, Male authors, English drama, Influence, Gay men in literature, Dramatic works, Homosexuality and literature, History, Maugham, w. somerset (william somerset), 1874-1965, Coward, noel, 1899-1973, Wilde, oscar, 1854-1900, English drama, history and criticism, Popular literature, history and criticism, Gays' writings, history and criticismPeople
Noel Coward (1899-1973), Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Terence Rattigan, W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)Places
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Straight acting: popular gay drama from Wilde to Rattigan
1998, Cassell, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
0304328669 9780304328666
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Straight Acting: Popular Gay Drama from Wilde to Rattigan (Lesbian & Gay Studies)
November 1997, Cassell, UNKNO, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback
in English
0304328642 9780304328642
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