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Overview"American adaptations of Aristophanes’ enduring comedy Lysistrata have used laughter to critique sex, war, and feminism for nearly a century. Unlike almost any other play circulating in contemporary theatres, Lysistrata has outlived its classical origins in 411 BCE and continues to shock and delight audiences to this day. The play’s ""make love not war"" message and bawdy humor render it endlessly appealing to college campuses, activist groups, and community theatres – so much so that none of Aristophanes’ plays are performed in the West as frequently as Lysistrata. Starting with the play’s first mainstream production in the U.S. in 1930, Emily B. Klein explores the varied iterations of Lysistrata that have graced the American stage, page, and screen since the Great Depression. These include the Federal Theatre’s 1936 Negro Repertory production, the 1955 movie musical The Second Greatest Sex and Spiderwoman Theater’s openly political Lysistrata Numbah!, as well as Douglas Carter Beane’s Broadway musical, Lysistrata Jones, and the international Lysistrata Project protests, which updated the classic in the contemporary context of the Iraq War. Although Aristophanes’ oeuvre has been the subject of much classical scholarship, Lysistrata has received little attention from feminist theatre scholars or performance theorists. In response, this book maps current debates over Lysistrata’s dubious feminist underpinnings and uses performance theory, cultural studies, and gender studies to investigate how new adaptations reveal the socio-political climates of their origins. Emily B. Klein is Assistant Professor of English and Drama at Saint Mary's College of California. Her work has appeared in Women and Performance and Frontiers as well as Political and Protest Theater After 9/11: Patriotic Dissent (Routledge, 2012)." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emily KleinPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9780415812153ISBN 10: 0415812151 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 22 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Power Play History, Theory, and Adaptation Chapter 1 Sophisticated or Seditious? Broadway, Gilbert Seldes, and Pablo Picasso (1930) Chapter 2 Raced Bodies/Erased Bodies The Federal Theatre Project's Negro Repertory Lysistrata (1936) Chapter 3 Cold War Cowboys at Home on the Range The Second Greatest Sex (1955) Chapter 4 Spinning Yarns Spiderwoman Theater's Lysistrata Numbah! (1977) Chapter 5 Staging Strikes and Trafficking in Trauma The Lysistrata Project (2003) Chapter 6 Opting Out and Giving (it) Up The Uncoupling and Lysistrata Jones (2011-12) Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsKlein's carefully researched examination of a variety of understudied adaptations of Lysistrata makes a strong case for the play's continued relevance both in performance and on the page, as well as for addressing complex questions relating to the cultural performance of gender. - Helene P. Foley, Theatre Journal Author InformationEmily B. Klein is Assistant Professor of English and Drama at Saint Mary's College of California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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