Annotated Bibliography Of Disabilities In Theater

Annotated Bibliography #1

Considine, Allison. "Ready, Willing, and Able." American Theatre. November 2015

Considine mainly focusses on theatrical productions not including the disabled instead of Hollywood. She knows that times have changed, that there is more inclusion almost everywhere there could be. For disabled however, being an actor has just gotten harder. They used to be able to live from their disability, make a profit, but now it is socially unacceptable to do look at someone because of that. Companies hire disabled people not to act, but to show how the hired abled actor should act. Many theater productions are trying to better themselves however, creating a community that is safe and beneficial to disabled or disfigured people.

"The Cashbook: Disability in Performance" Theatre Forum. December 1, 2016

Dorwart is an introduction to another article Theatre Forum created, I will still be using this article however. He mainly brings up the points of how much better it has gotten for the disabled community in the past century. How disability has more attention brought to it than ever before and people living with disabilities have more opportunities then they had before. He does, however, acknowledge the fact that while they have been great actors in the past, they were never thought of as legitimate. Even now they are not cast because an abled body person got the part to show off their amazing acting skills.

People are starting to see the problem with society and not recognizing the talent being excluded because of a disability they could have used far better than any abled person hired to act it. Though things have gotten better, and people are more accepting that doesn't mean that things are what they should be. Things should be more equal, more inclusive, more open to ideas that haven't been thought of before. I will use this article to acknowledge that theater and Hollywood has gotten better, that they're trying to right themselves and be more including. I will also use this for the counter argument that better doesn't mean good. People need to do more for more representation of disabled and

"Disabling our Prejudice." Scotsman Publication. September 16, 2003

Mansfield interviews a group of disabled actors touring Europe performing a play the is based off disability. The actors themselves are happy to have roles in a job that pays their bills and rent. Most people don’t see disabled people working for their money, they just think it's therapy, or a fun hobby to distract them from their everyday lives. Most of them have wanted to be actors since they were young, disabled yet or not, and the play is allowing them to finally live their dream. There are many productions today that are focusing on the disabled community, but there aren't enough for them all.

Many people don’t see disabled acting as acting. They see it as something they need to watch for pity, or sympathy. They'll stand up and applaud but only think that it was as good as their disability. The lucky enough disabled actors getting cast aren't seen as worthy or legitimate. I will use this article to explain how it is working as a disabled actor in a world full of abled audiences. Use it to say that with more inspiration there could be more happy actors cast that also happen to have a