The Town Hall Affair

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The Town Hall Affair is an experimental theater piece by The Wooster Group that reconstructs and reimagines a contentious 1971 feminist panel featuring Norman Mailer using archival footage, live performance, and multimedia.

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instanceOf experimental theater work ⓘ
theater piece ⓘ
artisticApproach interrogation of media and history ⓘ
basedOn 1971 Town Hall feminist panel ⓘ
basedOnEvent Norman Mailer Town Hall debate ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator The Wooster Group ⓘ
depictsEvent 1971 Town Hall debate on feminism ⓘ
depictsPerson Norman Mailer ⓘ
featuresPerson Norman Mailer ⓘ
genre documentary theater ⓘ
experimental theater ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject feminism ⓘ
gender politics ⓘ
public debate ⓘ
narrativeTechnique collage of live and recorded material ⓘ
re-enactment ⓘ
reconstruction of historical event ⓘ
originallyPerformedBy The Wooster Group ⓘ
performingArtsCompany The Wooster Group ⓘ
productionCompany The Wooster Group ⓘ
settingOfSourceEvent The Town Hall, New York City ⓘ
subjectFocus feminist discourse in the early 1970s ⓘ
representation of women in public intellectual life ⓘ
theatricalForm stage production ⓘ
usesMedium archival footage ⓘ
live performance ⓘ
multimedia ⓘ
video projection ⓘ

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