Theatre Scandals

Vicki Ann Cremona, Docteur ès Lettres (1980), Université de Provence, is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Malta. She has published on public celebration, including Carnival and Power. Play and Politics in a Crown Colony (2018). Peter Eversmann, Ph.D. (1996), University of Amsterdam, is Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at that university. He has published on theatre history and on the psychology of the spectator, including The Experience of the Theatrical Event (2004).Bess Rowen, Ph.D. (2018), Villanova University, is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre. She has published articles and interviews on twentieth- and twenty-first-century theatre in the United States. She has a forthcoming monograph on her concept of affective stage directions.Anneli Saro, Ph.D. (2004), University of Tartu, is Professor of Theatre Research at that university. She has published on Estonian theatre history and system, on poetics of playing and reception research.Henri Schoenmakers, Ph.D. 1983 University of Antwerpen, was Professor of Theatre Studies (Utrecht University, 1984-2005) and of Theatre and Media Studies (University of Erlangen, 2000-2007, and Roosevelt Academy of Utrecht University, 2008-2013). He has published on the theory and reception of theatre and media, e.g. Theater und Medien / Theatre and the Media: Grundlagen – Analysen – Perspektiven (2008).

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductions1 General IntroductionWillmar Sauter and Henri Schoenmakers2 Spreading Like Wildfire: the Genesis and Evolution of Theatre ScandalsPeter Eversmann3 Scandalous Theatrical Events: Concerns and EmotionsHenri SchoenmakersScandals Starting during Theatrical Events4 The Hamburg Theatre Scandal of 1801: Political, Economic and AestheticConflicts on StageMartin Schneider5 Burning the Bridge while Bridging the Gap: Riotous Pedagogy in ``The Plough and the Stars'' – Riot of 1926Bess Rowen6 Shit, Idealism and Contingency: Terror in God’s TheatreJanne TapperScandals Starting Outside and around Theatrical Events7 The Ejima-Ikushima ScandalTove Bjoerk8 Scandal and Rebellion in the Theatrical Event: the Maltese Carnival of 1846Vicki Ann Cremona9 Why Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Play Garbage, the City, and Death CouldNot Be Performed in GermanyBeate Schappach10 Swiss-Swiss Democracy: the Making of Scandal as Play and Counter PlayAndreas Kotte11 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on the Israeli Stage Arousing Scandal:the Case of Return to HaifaNaphtaly Shem-Tov12 Mike Daisey’s False WitnessJoshua EdelmanScandals and Beyond13 Cleopatra – between Historical and Movie ScandalsWillmar Sauter14 Censorship as a Tool for the Prevention and Suspension ofScandalsAnneli Saro15 The School for ScandalMarvin CarlsonIndex