"For no other offence but proximity": Stuff happens to the Queen

Fraser, S. (2008) "For no other offence but proximity": Stuff happens to the Queen. In: Barker, D. , ed. (2008) Giving and taking offence / Ofender e ser ofendido. Portugal: University of Aveiro, pp. 35-46. ISBN 978-972789-263-1

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Abstract

The emergent trend of depicting sitting politicians and heads of state in mainstream British drama and film is considered through a reading of David Hare's play, Stuff Happens (2006), and Stephen Frear's film, The Queen (2006). These are seen as contemporary dramatisation(s) of the erosion of the gap between the public and private lives of the protagonists: private lives can now be the subject of plays or films only when and because public personas have been diminished. No longer held in high regard, the 'proximity' of public figures enables the dramatisation of private scenes which would have previously been unthinkable.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	drama, film, Hare, Morgan
Faculty/Department:	Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education > Department of Arts ~Pre-2010 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Creative Arts > School of Creative Arts > Department of Culture, Media and Drama
ID Code:	7824
Deposited By:	A. Lawson
Deposited On:	13 May 2010 15:23
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2012 16:01