Spanking in performing arts
Spanking in performing arts is rare, compared to Spanking in mainstream films.
Well-known musicals and plays
There is a famous example of an on-stage spanking in the musical Kiss Me, Kate, and a short OTK spanking scene in the musical Dance of the Vampires. There is a brief paddling (off-stage in some settings and in the movie version) in the musical Annie. There is a threat of a whipping in the opening scene of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible.
Others
Thomas Shadwell's play The Virtuoso (1676) includes an old libertine named Snarl who entreats a prostitute, Mrs. Figgup, to bring out the birch rods. It is unclear if he is to flog her or be flogged.
As far as fetish scenes go, fetish themes are occasionally visited in theatre stageplays, especially in United Kingdom productions, where there is less censorship than on public access television, where adult themes are limited, even after the watershed, and nudity is still frowned upon.
The schlockomedy (comedy musical) Restart by the North of England's Komedy Kollective, is an anarchistically left-of-center satirical singalong stageplay about international politics and the "War On Terror". In Dario Fo meets Rocky Horror style, it features a job center dungeon scene, where unemployed people suspected of fraudulently claiming benefits, participate in Manchester's first-ever "speed torture" event. A memorable scene in the play features a gimp-masked dominatrix forcing confessions out of the claimants via do-it-yourself spanking, self-flagellation, and other self-inflicted tortures.
Kenneth Tynan's play Oh! Calcutta! (1969) includes at least two segments with sadomasochistic themes. One of them, set in a fantasy of an English girls public school, invites the audience to vote on which of four "girls" is beaten at the end.
See also
External links
- The Wooden Spoon - a 9 minute Flash video of a music theater work featuring an M/G spanking (girl played by an adult actress)
- "All Right, Miss Vanessi..." "...You asked for this, and now you're going to get it!" Kiss Me, Kate fans will recognize this line instantly. It was what Fred said to Lilli just before he turned her over his knee and gave her the famous spanking. This is a Yahoo! group.
- Restart by Komedy Kollective (UK)
- School Dinners - London restaurant/cabaret where the staff wears schoolgirl uniforms and canes selected patrons.
- YouTube video of a burlesque show spanking
- Chross Creative Corner: Kiss me Kate (photo gallery)
- Chross Creative Corner: Other stage spankings (photo gallery)
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