Performing Opposition

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Modern theater history is punctuated by instances of scandalized audience members disrupting and in some cases suspending the first production of a new play. Such incidents are usually dismissed as riots, as self-evident displays of philistinism. Neil Blackadder's intriguing new study reveals them in fact to be multifaceted conflicts, showing the ways in which these protesters--acting against plays by such notables as Jarry, Synge, and Brecht--creatively devised and enacted resistance through verbal rejoinders, physical gestures, and organized group demonstrations. Offering the first detailed examination of affronted theatergoers' "counter-performances, " Performing Opposition represents an intriguing illumination of a largely overlooked aspect of performed drama and its history.