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unusual facts about Political theatre



Deb Margolin

Coming to prominence in the 1980s in the feminist political theatre troupe Split Britches (of which she was a founding member), Margolin has since made a string of one-woman shows.

Weapons of Happiness

Weapons of Happiness is a 1976 political play by Howard Brenton about a strike in a London crisp factory.


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Martha Batiz

Her academic research has focused in Colonialism, in Latin American Political Theatre and Spanish Golden Age theatre.

Popular Theatre Troupe

Geoffrey Milne in Theatre Australia (un)limited: Australian theatre since the 1950s suggests precursors to the Popular Theatre Troupe's type of political theatre included Peter Oysten at Victoria College of the Arts, the San Francisco Mime Troupe and run-of-the-mill communist theatre featured at worker's clubs.

Ra-Ra Zoo

Ra-Ra Zoo was influenced by the agitprop and political theatre of the late 1960s and early 70's and the ritual theatre and 'Happenings' associated with the time notably the 'Grand Magic Circus', 'Circus Oz, 'The People Show', 'Cunning Stunts, 'The Festival of Fools' in Amsterdam and the German choreographer Pina Bausch.