T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Steven Sater, Frank Wedekind, Bourgeoisie
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Struggles of adolescence in a sexually repressed society: puberty, sexuality, masturbation, s+m, homosexuality, rape, pregnancy, abortion, suicide. Regularly banned or censored due to sexually/explicit content. Regardless, still considered a seminal work of modern theatre. Western and european societies are becoming increasing interested in privacy rights, parents think. This work is the precursor to epic theatre. Critique of the bourgeoisie life. children need to be policed, children were put into separate rooms, not sharing spaces. Critical of the privatization of life, its (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g it hard for these (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) to u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat"s goi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:449)ith their (cid:271)odies, a(cid:374)d their pare(cid:374)ts are(cid:374)"t (cid:449)illi(cid:374)g to talk a(cid:271)out it. 1917 produced in the united states, highly censored. Adaptatio(cid:374) of wedeki(cid:374)d"s play (cid:894)ro(cid:272)k musi(cid:272)al(cid:895: 16 years between conception and broadway premiere in 2006 (859 shows). After 9/11 it was difficult to get it funded because of its controversial content: 8 tonys ++, book: steven sater, music: duncan sheik, choreography: bill t jones.
