Offending the Audience
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Offending the Audience is an experimental 1966 play by Peter Handke that challenges traditional theater by directly confronting and provoking the audience instead of presenting a conventional plot.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Offending the Audience canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
deconstruct theatrical illusion
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question the role of the audience ⓘ |
| author | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
anti-play
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speech performance ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist theatre
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experimental theatre ⓘ postdramatic theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
breaks the fourth wall
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directly addresses the audience ⓘ lacks conventional plot ⓘ meta-theatrical ⓘ minimal staging ⓘ no traditional characters ⓘ provokes the audience ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a key work of modern experimental drama ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
critique of bourgeois theatre conventions
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relationship between stage and audience ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
audience expectations
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language and communication ⓘ nature of theatre ⓘ |
| hasType | one-act play ⓘ |
| influenced | postdramatic theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Theatre of the Absurd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFeature |
repetitive speech
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self-referential commentary ⓘ |
| movement | avant-garde theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging traditional theatre conventions
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use of direct audience confrontation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Publikumsbeschimpfung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1960s experimental theatre ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
collective address by actors
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lecture-like delivery ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| setting | bare stage ⓘ |
| structure | monologue-based ⓘ |
| title | Offending the Audience NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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