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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1997|1997]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Australia|Australia]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Religion|Religion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Theater|Theater]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Gillian Mear and Caryl Churchill | '''Artist:''' Gillian Mear and Caryl Churchill | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Australian Education Minister | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Australian Education Minister | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' April, 1997 | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' April 1997 | |||
'''Location:''' New South Wales, Australia | '''Location:''' New South Wales, Australia | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Gillian Mear's play ''Fineflour'' and Churchill's play ''Top Girls.'' <P> | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Gillian Mear's play | |||
'''The Incident:''' A New South Wales review panel banned the plays from the New South Wales Higher School Certificate reading list. The officials suggested that Churchill's play is "dated," shows "contempt for religion," and" contains gratuitous violence." <P> | '''The Incident:''' A New South Wales review panel banned the plays from the New South Wales Higher School Certificate reading list. The officials suggested that Churchill's play is "dated," shows "contempt for religion," and" contains gratuitous violence." <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The Education Ministry upheld the review panel's ban on the two plays. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The Education Ministry upheld the review panel's ban on the two plays. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 3/97 | '''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 3/97 | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:1997]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1990s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:New South Whales]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Theater]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Gillian Mear]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Caryl Churchill]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:For review]] | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||