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Sep 26

Fuck Yeah Great Plays!: In honor of Banned Books Week: (some) Banned Plays! (And my guess why)

Lysistrata- Aristophanes (SEX!)

Oedipus Rex- Sophocles (INCEST!)

Salome- Oscar Wilde (PROSTITUTION!)

Mrs. Warren’s Profession- George Bernard Shaw (MORE PROSTITUTION!)

The Children’s Hour- Lillian Helman (LESBIANS!)

Ghosts- Henrik Ibsen (INCEST AND SYPHILIS!)

A Streetcar Named…

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this commentary though, is perfect,

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Sister Mary doesn’t even “mock” religion per se. I mean yes, the play takes it a little further than real life, but much...
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I’ve read/seen/researched more than half of these so that’s a cool thing hahaha
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betzine said: Oh look, some of my favorite plays!
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Nearly all of these are in my theatre department’s curriculum or have been performed in the last 4 years/being performed...
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