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"John M. Clum's The Drama of Marriage: Gay Playwrights/Straight Unions from Oscar Wilde to the Present casts a look at important interconnected issues revolving around the concept of marriage. Unique is the vantage point of playwrights whose own sexual orientation was or is partly or entirely towards men. This not only legitimates but necessitates the strong biographical approach Clum has chosen. The volume is immensely readable, garners important results by way of an incredibly dense tour de force, and animates the reader to delve deeper not only into the works but also the life stories of the playwrights discussed. Primary text and author are always the focus and are honoured in this way...John M. Clum's publications are seminal works in their field, and this latest volume is a gem." - Theater Forschung
"Far-reaching in its historical and dramaturgical scope, and politicizing a previously apolitical aspect of Anglo-American theatre history, Clum's monograph is a helpful intervention into several current discourses. And, given the current divisive debate about same-sex marriage, a debate that is as divided amongst queer citizens as it is anywhere else, Clum's summation that marriage - gay or straight - is always already an 'unattainable ideal' that mere mortals forever fail in, yet find themselves compelled to 'continually strive for,' is intellectually and political brave." - Performing Ethos
'This book offers an appealing companion to Clum's celebrated Acting Gay (1992) and continues to narrate the history of gay theatre. It also will be of interest to those working on gender and the role of women in the twentieth-century theatre.' - Theatre Journal
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Drama of Marriage
Book Subtitle: Gay Playwrights/Straight Unions from Oscar Wilde to the Present
Authors: John M. Clum
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137013101
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: John M. Clum 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-33840-1Published: 16 December 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34139-9Published: 16 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01310-1Published: 02 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 234
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theatre History, Gender Studies, Arts, Literature, general, Theatre and Performance Studies