Comments on: Anarchy and Agit-Prop Theatre Always Fails

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By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:35:05 +0000

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.

By: Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:20:41 +0000

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.