The Resource Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater, Jacqueline O'Connor
Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater, Jacqueline O'Connor
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- Summary
- "The development of the documentary trial play in late-twentieth-century American theater From the Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the O.J. Simpson trial to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill congressional hearings, legal and legislative proceedings in the latter part of the twentieth-century kept Americans spellbound. Situated on the shifting border between imagination and the law, trial plays edit, arrange, and reproduce court records, media coverage, and first-person interviews, transforming these elements into a performance. In this first book-length critical study of contemporary American documentary theater, Jacqueline O'Connor examines in depth ten such plays, all written and staged since 1970, and considers the role of the genre in re-creating and revising narratives of significant conflicts in contemporary history. Documentary theater, she shows, is a particularly appropriate and widely utilized theatrical form for engaging in debate about tensions between civil rights and institutional power, the inconsistency of justice, and challenges to gender norms. For each of the plays discussed, including The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Unquestioned Integrity: The Hill/Thomas Hearings, and The Laramie Project, O'Connor provides historical context and a brief production history before considering the trial the play focuses on. Grouping plays historically and thematically, she demonstrates how dramatic representation advances our understanding of the law's power while revealing the complexities that hinder society's pursuit of justice."-- Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 225 pages
- Contents
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- Legal representation
- Judicial identification : The trial of the Catonsville Nine and The Chicago conspiracy trial
- National investigation : Inquest and Are you now or have you ever been
- Ideological confrontation : Execution of justice and Greensboro (a requiem)
- Individual interrogation, communal resolution : unquestioned integrity : The Hill/Thomas hearings, Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie project
- Cultural legislation
- Isbn
- 9780809332366
- Label
- Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater
- Title
- Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater
- Statement of responsibility
- Jacqueline O'Connor
- Subject
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- Historical drama, American -- History and criticism
- History
- Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- PERFORMING ARTS -- General
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater | History & Criticism
- Theater -- Production and direction -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Trials in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The development of the documentary trial play in late-twentieth-century American theater From the Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the O.J. Simpson trial to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill congressional hearings, legal and legislative proceedings in the latter part of the twentieth-century kept Americans spellbound. Situated on the shifting border between imagination and the law, trial plays edit, arrange, and reproduce court records, media coverage, and first-person interviews, transforming these elements into a performance. In this first book-length critical study of contemporary American documentary theater, Jacqueline O'Connor examines in depth ten such plays, all written and staged since 1970, and considers the role of the genre in re-creating and revising narratives of significant conflicts in contemporary history. Documentary theater, she shows, is a particularly appropriate and widely utilized theatrical form for engaging in debate about tensions between civil rights and institutional power, the inconsistency of justice, and challenges to gender norms. For each of the plays discussed, including The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Unquestioned Integrity: The Hill/Thomas Hearings, and The Laramie Project, O'Connor provides historical context and a brief production history before considering the trial the play focuses on. Grouping plays historically and thematically, she demonstrates how dramatic representation advances our understanding of the law's power while revealing the complexities that hinder society's pursuit of justice."-- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Connor, Jacqueline
- Dewey number
- 812/.051409
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS338.H56
- LC item number
- O25 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Theater in the Americas
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Historical drama, American
- Theater
- Literature and history
- Trials in literature
- PERFORMING ARTS
- PERFORMING ARTS
- Label
- Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater, Jacqueline O'Connor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Legal representation -- Judicial identification : The trial of the Catonsville Nine and The Chicago conspiracy trial -- National investigation : Inquest and Are you now or have you ever been -- Ideological confrontation : Execution of justice and Greensboro (a requiem) -- Individual interrogation, communal resolution : unquestioned integrity : The Hill/Thomas hearings, Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie project -- Cultural legislation
- Control code
- 812254083
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xi, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780809332366
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2012043920
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)812254083
- Label
- Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater, Jacqueline O'Connor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Legal representation -- Judicial identification : The trial of the Catonsville Nine and The Chicago conspiracy trial -- National investigation : Inquest and Are you now or have you ever been -- Ideological confrontation : Execution of justice and Greensboro (a requiem) -- Individual interrogation, communal resolution : unquestioned integrity : The Hill/Thomas hearings, Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie project -- Cultural legislation
- Control code
- 812254083
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xi, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9780809332366
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2012043920
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)812254083
Subject
- Historical drama, American -- History and criticism
- History
- Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- PERFORMING ARTS -- General
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater | History & Criticism
- Theater -- Production and direction -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Trials in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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