Download or read book Scatology in Modern Drama written by Sidney Shrager and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1982 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technically, scatology has been used for various purposes: to shock, to smash puritanical taboos, to exptess hate and disgust, to explain psychological motivation, to satirise, to preach acceptance of the body, to project moral indignation, to shake the fist at God, and to have pure Rabelaisian fun. Above all, modern playwrights have used scatology, verbal and visual, for one great thematic purpose -- as a metaphor for the human condition.