Book contents
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Frontispiece
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II Influences
- Part III Ideas
- Part IV Aesthetics
- Part V Politics
- Chapter 19 Ideology
- Chapter 20 Communism
- Chapter 21 The Cold War
- Chapter 22 Human Rights and Censorship
- Chapter 23 Empire, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism
- Part VI Page, Stage, and Screen
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 22 - Human Rights and Censorship
from Part V - Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2021
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Frontispiece
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II Influences
- Part III Ideas
- Part IV Aesthetics
- Part V Politics
- Chapter 19 Ideology
- Chapter 20 Communism
- Chapter 21 The Cold War
- Chapter 22 Human Rights and Censorship
- Chapter 23 Empire, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism
- Part VI Page, Stage, and Screen
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Human rights issues are touched on throughout Stoppard’s work and are at the centre of several plays from the 1970s addressing conditions in Eastern Europe. Stoppard’s concerns for human rights went beyond utilising these events as a backdrop for his plays. These plays were in themselves sometimes used as political weapons in the ambiguous battleground of the Cold War.
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- Tom Stoppard in Context , pp. 181 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021