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008			130930s2013 ilu ob s001 0 eng d
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050	0	4	_aPS338 _b.D638 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aO'Connor, Jacqueline. _e1
245	1	0	_aDocumentary trial plays in contemporary American theater /Jacqueline O'Connor.
260			_aCarbondale : _bSouthern Illinois University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 225 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aTheater in the Americas
505	0	0	_aLegal representation -- _tJudicial identification : The trial of the Catonsville Nine and The Chicago conspiracy trial -- _tNational investigation : Inquest and Are you now or have you ever been -- _tIdeological confrontation : Execution of justice and Greensboro (a requiem) -- _tIndividual interrogation, communal resolution : unquestioned integrity : The Hill/Thomas hearings, Gross indecency : the three trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie project -- _tCultural legislation.
520	0		_a"The development of the documentary trial play in late-twentieth-century American theater From the Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the O.J. Simpson trial to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill congressional hearings, legal and legislative proceedings in the latter part of the twentieth-century kept Americans spellbound. Situated on the shifting border between imagination and the law, trial plays edit, arrange, and reproduce court records, media coverage, and first-person interviews, transforming these elements into a performance. In this first book-length critical study of contemporary American documentary theater, Jacqueline O'Connor examines in depth ten such plays, all written and staged since 1970, and considers the role of the genre in re-creating and revising narratives of significant conflicts in contemporary history. Documentary theater, she shows, is a particularly appropriate and widely utilized theatrical form for engaging in debate about tensions between civil rights and institutional power, the inconsistency of justice, and challenges to gender norms. For each of the plays discussed, including The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Unquestioned Integrity: The Hill/Thomas Hearings, and The Laramie Project, O'Connor provides historical context and a brief production history before considering the trial the play focuses on. Grouping plays historically and thematically, she demonstrates how dramatic representation advances our understanding of the law's power while revealing the complexities that hinder society's pursuit of justice."-- Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aHistorical drama, American _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aTheater _xProduction and direction _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aLiterature and history _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aTrials in literature.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=643945&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell