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| Fri 15 May 09, 4:03 PM maya_lila UK(SE), 5 yrs |
Apologies if this is on wrong board, and this is a long shot at such short notice but if anyone knows any plays with either an obvious bdsm them or a kink-related subtext could you post their titles asap?
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
~ George Eliot | |
| 15 May 09, 4:08 PM HisHoliness UK(KT), 6 yrs  |
Well there's always this thread. This communication was brought to you from the desk of the Pontiff Elect, the benchmark by which purity, holiness & normality are measured.
Bless you. | |
| 15 May 09, 5:06 PM Ian_2007 UK(N), 4 yrs  |
Well, in one sense, almost anything from Oedipus Rex onwards. All literature conforms to the same basic pattern: give someone a goal and put as many obstacles in their way as you can fit into two hours. If those obstacles are other people, then by definition there's a D/s subtext. So I guess the question is, how obvious do you want the kink to be? Leather macs? Then Ian McKellern's production of Richard III might do. Incest? Oedipus Rex. Eating children? The Oresteia.
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| 15 May 09, 5:18 PM maya_lila UK(SE), 5 yrs |
Well, the angle I'm looking for is plays that subvert hetero-normative ideals in the theatre- for example the character of Medea (strong, ferocious, not maternal) so yes, child killing (if not eating!) has got a mention... Was racking my brains trying to think of any plays with a dominant female and a submissive male lover.
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
~ George Eliot | |
| 15 May 09, 5:59 PM PrinceCaspian UK(SE), 6 yrs |
xxx by fura del baus very very previlant bdsm theme throughout including, d/s, whipping, breath play, water bondage, public humiliation (including audience blowjobs), splosh, mumification, and much more. Tis pity she's a whore by Ford obviously, taming of the shrew. phedres love by sarah kane mercury fur by phillip ridly (people who set up partys to cater for anyones darkest fantasy including brutal interrogation scenes) that's all i can think of for the moment lots more to follow. "At the violet hour, when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits" Eliot | |
| 15 May 09, 8:57 PM The_Perfect_Sadist UK(PO), 4 yrs |
The works of Jean Genet, especially "The Maids". And Pinter's "The Servant". Also "The Night Porter" with Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling.
There may be more than one way to skin a cat - but there is only one try per cat. | |
| 16 May 09, 2:04 AM maya_lila UK(SE), 5 yrs |
Thanks for all your suggestions guys  "It is never too late to be what you might have been."
~ George Eliot | |
| 9 Jun 09, 12:11 PM just4show UK(BS), 5 yrs |
Probably too late for you now, but for what it's worth: Special, by John Keates (female top, male sub – very detailed, almost like a documentary) Aftercare, by Steve Lambert | |
| 9 Jun 09, 6:55 PM Clyde1 UK(NW), 5 yrs |
There are loads... all of Genet and lots of Pinter as already mentioned... especially The Lover... Then there's Miss Julie and Patrick Marber's take on it After Miss Julie. Probably most directly relevant is Jim Cartwright's I Licked a Slag's Deoderant... although its not particularly positive... most of the plays of Brad Fraser, if you're interesed in the gay perspective of D/s... I could go on... Best, clyde | |
| 10 Jun 09, 7:44 PM Prior UK, 12 yrs |
The obvious one is Hedda Gabler. The D/S relationship is not overt or explicit but it is a valid interpretation of the sub-text and symbolism. | |
| 10 Jun 09, 7:59 PM sardax UK, 6 yrs |
There actually was one very overt fringe theatrical production two years ago which dealt with the scene itself. |
