Pedophilia, ephebophilia, romantic or sexual relations between adults and children, and child sexual abuse have been important themes of a number of works written for the stage. Pedophilia, paedophilia or pædophilia (see spelling differences) is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent or peripubescent children. ... An Ephebe Kisses A Man Tondo from an Attic kylix, 5th c. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Plays

Plays with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme (man & boy) or content include:

• Afterbirth by Dave Florez
• The Child-Killer: Portrait of Paedophile
• Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
• Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley
• ecstasy + GRACE by James Martin Charlton
• The Fastest Clock In The Universe by Philip Ridley

Coming up to his thirtieth birthday, Cougar Glass sets out to seduce 16-year-old schoolboy Foxtrot Darling

• The Lying Kind, by Anthony Neilson
• The Sugar Syndrome, by Lucy Prebble
• La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant, The Fire that Burns by Henry de Montherlant

In Ancient Greece, where pederastic and pedophilic relationships were viewed very differently than today, many works touched on the relationships of men with boys. Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles wrote plays on the subject and the poets Alcaeus, Anacreon, Ibycus, Pindar, Solon, Sappho and Theognis of Megara all composed poetry praising the love of boys. Caryl Churchill (born September 3, 1938) is an English writer of stage plays known for her use of non-realistic techniques and feminist themes. ... Doubt book cover Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley (ISBN 1-55936-276-6) set in a Bronx Catholic school during the fall of 1964. ... John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950) is a playwright from the Bronx. ... James Martin Charlton is a English playwright and theatre director. ... Philip Ridley is a multi-talented artist born in London, England. ... Henry de Montherlant (April 21, 1896–September 21, 1972) was a French writer of essays and novels. ... Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black-figure amphora, 5th c. ... The term pederasty or paederasty embraces a wide range of erotic practices between adult males and adolescent boys. ... Pedophilia, paedophilia or pædophilia (see spelling differences) is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to prepubescent or peripubescent children. ... Bust of Aeschylus from the Capitoline Museums, Rome Aeschylus (525 BC—456 BC; Greek: Ασχύλος) was a playwright of Ancient Greece. ... A statue of Euripides Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (c. ... Sophocles, as depicted in the Nordisk familjebok. ... Alcaeus may refer to several ancient Greek figures: in mythology, Alcaeus was the son of Perseus and the father of Amphitryon. ... Anacreon roman copy , Rome in Palazzo dei Conservatori Anacreon (also Anakreon) (born ca. ... Ibycus, of Rhegium in Italy, Greek lyric poet, contemporary of Anacreon, flourished in the 6th century BC. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. ... Pindar (or Pindarus) (522 BC – 443 BC), perhaps the greatest of the nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, was born at Cynoscephalae, a village in Thebes. ... Solon Solon (Greek: , ca. ... This article refers to the Greek poet. ... Theognis of Megara (fl. ...

Plays with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme (man & girl) or content include:

• Alice, a play for television, by Dennis Potter, based on the life of Charles Dodgson/Lewis Carroll
• Frozen, by Bryony Lavery
• How I learnt to drive by Paula Vogel
• Lolita by Edward Albee adapted from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• Masks and Mirrors, written and performed by Roberta Nobleman
• Motortown, by Simon Stephens
• Nymphs & Shepherds (A Paedophile's Life), by David Mines
• Short Eyes, by Miguel Pinero

Plays with a child sexual abuse/pedophile theme (woman & girl) or content include: Liber Amoris Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935—7 June 1994) was a controversial British dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. ... Lewis Carroll. ... Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955 in Paris. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, pronounced ) (April 22, 1899 [O.S. April 10], Saint Petersburg – July 2, 1977, Montreux) was a Russian-American author. ...

• The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler: the early version of the monologue entitled "The Little Coochie Snorcher that Could"
• Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace Shawn

The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award-winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which premiered Off-Broadway in 1996. ... Kristen Johnston and Lili Taylor in the 2004 revival of Aunt Dan and Lemon Aunt Dan and Lemon is a play by Wallace Shawn. ...

Musicals

• The Color Purple produced by Oprah Winfrey based on The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Love Jerry by Megan Gogerty
• Lolita My Love by Alan Jay Lerner, adapted from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• Tommy, stage version of the rock opera by The Who

Uncle Ernie abuses Tommy in bed "Down with the bedclothes, up with the night shirt. Fiddle about. Fiddle about."

• The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

The Color Purple book cover The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker which received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ... Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954) is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. ... The Color Purple book cover The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker which received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ... Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an African-American author and feminist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for The Color Purple. ... Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955 in Paris. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, pronounced ) (April 22, 1899 [O.S. April 10], Saint Petersburg – July 2, 1977, Montreux) was a Russian-American author. ... Tommy (1969) is the first of The Whos two full-scale rock operas (the second being Quadrophenia), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock n roll bands of all time. ... The Phantom of the Opera is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. ... January 18, 1988 issue of Time Magazine featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre and the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... This article is about the Gaston Leroux novel. ... Gaston Leroux. ...

Opera

• Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten, based on Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
• The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten, based on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Death in Venice is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, his last. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... The novella Death in Venice was written by the German author Thomas Mann, and was first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig. ... For other persons named Thomas Mann, see Thomas Mann (disambiguation). ... The Turn of the Screw is a little-known 20th century English opera composed by Benjamin Britten, based on the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. ... For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ...

See also

• Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in fiction
• Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films
• Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs