Contemporary British Queer Performance

STEPHEN GREER Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Aberystwyth, UK. His research focuses on the intersection of queer theory and contemporary performance, and he has published on lesbian and gay representation in theatre-in-education and new media works. He is Associate Producer for the stage and radio comedy team, The Penny Dreadfuls.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Theorising Queer Performance Claiming Representation: The Performance Politics of Gay Sweatshop Community and Nation: Staging Queer Histories Legitimately Queer: Identity Claims in Theatre-In-Education Pride and Shame: Developments in the Performance of Queer Protest Staging Difference: The Rise of Queer Arts Festivals Networked Identities Notes Bibliography Index