@article {Hargrave:February 2009:1356-9783:37, author = "Hargrave, Matt", title = "Pure products go crazy", journal = "Research in Drama Education", volume = "14", year = "February 2009", abstract = "This paper reviews three pieces of contemporary theatre which feature learning-disabled actors. It identifies particularities of a context which has remained critically under-represented. The paper identifies such practice as transitional: from the margins of disability politics to the mainstream of the paying audience. The overarching question is: by what criteria should the work of learning-disabled artists be judged? It examines what is meant by 'good' in a context which has been assessed more often by therapeutic or social outcome than artistic achievement. The paper opens a debate on the aesthetic properties of the work.", pages = "37-54(18)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/crde/2009/00000014/00000001/art00004" doi = "doi:10.1080/13569780802655764" }