An edition of Straight Acting (1997)

Straight acting

popular gay drama from Wilde to Rattigan

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An edition of Straight Acting (1997)

Straight acting

popular gay drama from Wilde to Rattigan

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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English
Pages
245

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Straight acting: popular gay drama from Wilde to Rattigan
1998, Cassell, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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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

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Washington

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822/.91099206642
Library of Congress
PR635.H65 O28 1998, PR635.H65O28 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 245 p. ;
Number of pages
245

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL667801M
ISBN 10
0304328669, 0304328642
LCCN
97013548
Library Thing
389105
Goodreads
1771491
2243816

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Work ID
OL2656784W

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