Drama - Play
The Happiness War (Work in Progress)
Murdoch University
2006
Abstract
The play is a deconstructive reading of great American writer Ray Bradbury’s most famous and influential work, FARENHEIT 451. It is also informed by the important filmic re-workings of the story, including the recent use of the concept and title in Michael Moore’s documentary FARENHEIT 9/11. The play uses research into the concept of reading as subversion in Bradbury’s novella, as in Greenburg (1980) and Johnson (1980) and then uses post-modern concepts of citation and pastiche to re-work the plot to make it into a contemporary story. Also relevant is Milan Kundera’s novella SLOWNESS, which examines the post-modern cult of speed.
Details
- Title
- The Happiness War (Work in Progress)
- Authors/Creators
- D. Moody (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- David Moody (Written By)
- Publisher
- Murdoch University
- Identifiers
- 991005541249407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Drama
- Additional Information
- Adapted from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
- Company Credits
- Murdoch Performing Group
- Resource Sub-type
- Play
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