![]() ![]() ![]() The play engaged with the debate about whether homosexuals should lead a quiet, conservative life to fit into the status quo or participate in direct action to achieve equality. This was a time when pride in one’s sexuality was a revolutionary act. If the school boys’ hostile homophobia was to be expected, it was the self-oppression from other gay men that gave the play its poignancy. Mister X is a ‘coming-out’ tale which illustrates the journey of a gay man from adolescence, through various stages of self-oppression until his proud liberation. Self-opression is achieved when the gay person has adopted and internalized straight people’s definition of what is good and bad.’ ( With Downcast Gays: Aspects of Homosexual Self-Oppression, written by Andrew Hodges and David Hutte) ‘The ultimate success of all forms of oppression is our self-oppression. The first Gay Sweatshop company show was Mister X, a devised piece based on a combination of personal experiences and a booklet called With Downcast Gays: Aspects of Homosexual Self-Oppression written by Andrew Hodges and David Hutte. In 1975, they invited Gay Sweatshop to perform at their annual conference in Sheffield. CHE was a national organization that worked to change attitudes and laws that negatively affected gay people in England and Wales. The Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE) had formed in 1969. Company Name: Gay Sweatshop Theatre CompanyĬast: Drew Griffiths, Alan Pope, Phillip Howells, Gordon McDonald ![]()
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