Beyond Taboos

Nicole Boireau, Wolfgang J. Lippke

1. Introduction 2. Taboos of the Theatre-production Ambience 3. Beyond Offending the Audience: Violating the Audience Body 4. The Man who went Too Far 5. The Cunts, the Knobs and the Corpse: Obscenity and Horror in Howard Barker's Victory (1983): I wish I could be more offensive I really do. (I.2) Out-fucking-rageous! (Interlude) 6. Gender Politics and Female Characters in Edward Bond's Plays 7. Breaking the Rules: The Plays of Sarah Daniels 8. Steven Berkoff's Orgy: The Four-Letter Ecstasy 9. The Outrageous 80s: Conservative Policies and the Church of England under Fire in Steven Berkoff's Sink the Belgrano and David Hare's The Secret Rapture and Racing Demon 10. Beyond Hope: Howard Brenton's Berlin Bertie: The new 'democratic' Germany is contaminated before it has even begun. Berlin Bertie, Act III, p.67 11. Confusion is not an Ignoble Condition: Brian Friel's Unconventional Translations as National and Universal Therapy 12. Outrage in Dialogue: A Study of Wole Soyinka's Three Latest Comedies 13. Personal Conflict and Political Concern in Wendy Lill's The Occupation of Heather Rose 14. A Review of After Brecht: British Epic Theater by Janelle Reinelt