http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/04/anarchy-and-agit-prop-theatre-always-fails/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/04/anarchy-and-agit-prop-theatre-always-fails/#comment-432 David W. Boles Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:35:05 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/anarchy-and-agit-prop-theatre-always-fails/#comment-432 The idea of Agit-Prop theatre is to get the audience to riot because of what they're seeing on stage. I can't think of a successful iteration of that sort of theatre anywhere. The idea of Agit-Prop theatre is to get the audience to riot because of what they’re seeing on stage. I can’t think of a successful iteration of that sort of theatre anywhere.

]]> http://unitedstage.com/2010/01/04/anarchy-and-agit-prop-theatre-always-fails/#comment-431 Gordon Davidescu Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:20:41 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/anarchy-and-agit-prop-theatre-always-fails/#comment-431 I wonder if the one woman show featured in the play Rent would qualify as agit prop? (They were rioting at the end of it...) Of course, that's in a fake fantasy world where anything could happen. I wonder if the one woman show featured in the play Rent would qualify as agit prop? (They were rioting at the end of it…)
Of course, that’s in a fake fantasy world where anything could happen.

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