You are not at liberty to avenge the pornography industry in this country. We have the censorship laws for that.Masterpieces opens on three couples having dinner in a restaurant; exchanging sexist jokes. The response is varied: some of them laugh uproariously; some of them uncomfortably; and one is deeply unhappy. Their domestic discussion about the morality of pornography is suddenly amplified a thousand-fold in the next scene in which Rowena is on trial for murder. She had just been to see a snuff film in which a porn actress is actually mutilated and killed on screen; and on her way home is approached threateningly by a man who she ends up pushing under a train because he was harassing her. The play is the story of Rowenas journey; through seeing a porn magazine for the first time to a thwarted attempt to help an unhappy prostitute; from uncomfortable laughter to radical and disgusted protest at female subjugation.Masterpieces is an angry and defiant play; first staged in 1983; at the Royal Exchange Theatre; Manchester; before transferring to the Royal Court Theatre; London. It earned Daniels a London Theatre Critics Award for Most Promising Playwright.This edition introduces Sarah Daniels into the Modern Classics series and features an introduction by Elaine Aston; Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University.
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