Beginning with an essay by Harold Pinter, this text examines social, gendered, ethnic and cultural problems of incarceration explored through contemporary theatre. The essays discuss a range of topics related to the intersection of theatre and prison including theatrical prison projects, Marat/Sade and themes of imprisonment in US Latino drama.

The first collection on this important topic, Captive Audience examines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural problems of incarceration as explored in contemporary theatre. Beginning with an essay by Harold Pinter, the original contributions discuss work including Harold Pinter's screenplays for The Handmaid's Tale and The Trial, Theatrical Prison Projects and Marat/Sade. Kimball King, Thomas Fahy, Rena Fraden, Tiffany Ana Lopez, Fiona Mills, Harold Pinter, Ann C. Hall, Christopher C. Hudgins, Pamela Cooper, Robert F. Gross, Claudia Barnett, Lois Gordon

General Editor's Note Kimball King 'Captive Audience': an introduction Thomas Fahy Part I 1. The Confessional Voice: Medea's Brutal Imagination, Rena Fraden 2. Emotional Contraband: Prison as Metaphor and Meaning in U.S. Latina Drama Tiffany Ana Lopez 3. Seeing Ethnicity: The Impact of Race and Class on the Critical Reception of Miguel Pinero's Short Eyes Fiona Mills Part II 4. On Prisons in the United States Harold Pinter 5. Harold Pinter's Prison House: The Screenplay of Kafka's The Trial Ann C. Hall 6. Harold Pinter's The Handmaid's Tale: Freedom, Prison, and a Highjacked Script Christopher C. Hudgiuns 7. 'A World of Bodies': Performing Flesh in Marat/Sade Pamela Cooper 8. The Disposal: William Inge's Abject Drama Robert F. Gross 9. 'In Dark Corners': Masculinity and Art in Tennessee William's Not about Nightingales
Thomas Fahy 10. Physical prison: Naomi Wallace's Drama of Captivity Claudia Barnett 11. No Exit and Waiting for Godot: Performances in Contrast Lois
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