Pure products go crazy

Hargrave, Matt (2009) Pure products go crazy. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 14 (1). pp. 37-54. ISSN 1356-9783

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Abstract

This paper reviews three pieces of contemporary theatre which feature learning-disabled actors. It identifies particularities of a context which has remained critically under-represented. The paper identifies such practice as transitional: from the margins of disability politics to the mainstream of the paying audience. The overarching question is: by what criteria should the work of learning-disabled artists be judged? It examines what is meant by 'good' in a context which has been assessed more often by therapeutic or social outcome than artistic achievement. The paper opens a debate on the aesthetic properties of the work.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Theater, Learning disabilities
Subjects:	W400 Drama
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
Depositing User:	EPrint Services
Date Deposited:	19 May 2010 09:16
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 19:42
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3414

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