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New plays and operas have often tried to upset the status quo or disturb the assumptions of theatre audiences. Yet, as this study explores, the reactions of the audience or of the authorities are often more extreme than the creators had envisaged, to include outrage, riots, protests or censorship. Scandal on Stage looks at ten famous theater scandals of the past two centuries in Germany and France as symptoms of contemporary social, political, ethical, and aesthetic upheavals. The writers and composers concerned, including Schiller, Stravinsky, Strauss, Brecht and Weil, portrayed new artistic and ideological ideas that came into conflict with the expectations of their audiences. In a comparative perspective, Theodore Ziolkowski shows how theatrical scandals reflect or challenge cultural and ethical assumptions and asks whether theatre can still be, as Schiller wrote, a moral institution: one that successfully makes its audience think differently about social, political and ethical questions.

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Christendom en literatuur --- Christianisme et littérature --- Christianity and literature --- Drama, Medieval --- Liturgical drama --- Theater --- Theater and society --- Théâtre médiéval --- Drame liturgique --- Théâtre --- Théâtre et société --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Aspect religieux --- Histoire --- Théâtre médiéval --- Théâtre --- Théâtre et société --- Drama [Medieval ] --- Europe --- Medieval, 500-1500 --- Christian drama [Latin ] (Medieval and modern) --- Drama, Medieval - History and criticism. --- Liturgical drama - History and criticism. --- Theater - Europe - History - Medieval, 500-1500. --- Theater and society - Europe. --- Christian drama, Latin (Medieval and modern) - History and criticism. --- Christianity and literature. --- Theater - Religious aspects. --- Middle Ages, 500-1500