Theatrical images of genocide: Four plays
TitleTheatrical images of genocide: Four plays
Call number940.5318/0149
Object number05247BC
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherPergamon Press
Year of publication
1989
Physical descriptionVol.2 pp1718-1727
MaterialArticle
ISBN80367542
NotesPapers from "Remembering for the Future:papers and addenda" pp1718-1727
Description
Considers four modern genocide-themed plays: James W Nichols' "Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons" (1977), about the destruction of Canada's Huron Indians; Arthur Kopit's "Indians" (1968), an anti-Vietnam play disguised as one about native Americans; Christopher Hampton's "Savages" (1973), about the slaughter of Amazonian Indians; and Thomas Kenneally's "Bullie's House" (1980), about Australian Aborigines. The plays are characterised as informational, presenting history to those unfamiliar with it; expressions of concern for the destruction of human beings; and helpful in making Holocaust denial less possible.