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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: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]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:09, 11 November 2016
Date: 1997
Region: Australia
Subject: Religion
Medium: Theater
Artist: Gillian Mear and Caryl Churchill
Confronting Bodies: Australian Education Minister
Dates of Action: April, 1997
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Description of Artwork: Gillian Mear's play Fineflour and Churchill's play Top Girls.
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."
Results of Incident: The Education Ministry upheld the review panel's ban on the two plays.
Source: Index on Censorship, 3/97
