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The Censorship of Eighteenth-Century Theatre

David O'Shaughnessy
The Censorship of Eighteenth Century Theatre Book PDF

Author : David O'Shaughnessy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781108853576

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The Censorship of Eighteenth-Century Theatre by David O'Shaughnessy Pdf

This collection reveals the wide-ranging impact of the Stage Licensing Act of 1737 on literary and theatrical culture in Georgian Britain. Demonstrating the differing motivations of the state in censoring public performances of plays after the Stage Licensing Act of 1737 and until the Theatres Act 1843, chapters cover a wide variety of theatrical genres across a century and show how the mechanisms of formal censorship operated under the Lord Chamberlain's Examiner of Plays. They also explore the effects of informal censorship, whereby playwrights, audiences and managers internalized the censorship regime. As such, the volume moves beyond a narrow focus on erasures and emendations visible on manuscripts to elucidate censorship's wide-ranging significance across the long eighteenth century. Demonstrating theatre archives' potency as a resource for historical research, this volume is of exceptional value for researchers interested in the evolving complexities of Georgian society, its politics and mores.

The Censorship of Eighteenth-Century Theatre

David O'Shaughnessy
The Censorship of Eighteenth Century Theatre Book PDF

Author : David O'Shaughnessy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781108496254

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The Censorship of Eighteenth-Century Theatre by David O'Shaughnessy Pdf

A far-reaching analysis of censorship's profound impact on Georgian theatrical culture and its development across the long eighteenth century, showcasing how the analysis of plays can be helpful for historical research.

The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901

John Russell Stephens
The Censorship of English Drama 1824 1901 Book PDF

Author : John Russell Stephens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521136555

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The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901 by John Russell Stephens Pdf

Originally published in 1980, this was the first study to make use of the Lord Chamberlain's files on English stage censorship. Dramatic censorship is shown to be a significant index of the Victorian age and the book fills an important gap in the knowledge and understanding not only of Victorian theatre, but of Victorian manners and attitudes.

Disciplining Satire

Matthew J. Kinservik
Disciplining Satire Book PDF

Author : Matthew J. Kinservik
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0838755127

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Disciplining Satire by Matthew J. Kinservik Pdf

Focusing on the playwriting careers of Henry Fielding, Samuel Foote, and Charles Macklin, the three most controversial and heavily censored satiric dramatists of the century, Disciplining Satire pays particular attention to what type of satiric expression the law encouraged, not just to what it prohibited."--BOOK JACKET.

The Frightful Stage

Robert Justin Goldstein
The Frightful Stage Book PDF

Author : Robert Justin Goldstein
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845458997

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The Frightful Stage by Robert Justin Goldstein Pdf

In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, drama censorship occupied a great deal of the ruling class’s time and energy, with a particularly focus on proposed scripts that potentially threatened the existing political, legal, and social order. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of nineteenth-century political theater censorship at a time, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the European population was becoming increasingly politically active.

Censorship of the American Theatre in the Twentieth Century

John H. Houchin
Censorship of the American Theatre in the Twentieth Century Book PDF

Author : John H. Houchin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521818192

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Censorship of the American Theatre in the Twentieth Century by John H. Houchin Pdf

John Houchin explores the impact of censorship in twentieth-century American theatre. He argues that theatrical censorship coincides with significant challenges to religious, political and cultural traditions. Along with the well-known instance of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s, other almost equally influential events shaped the course of the American stage during the century. The book is arranged in chronological order. It provides a summary of censorship in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America and then analyses key political and theatrical events between 1900 and 2000. These include a discussion of the 1913 riot after the Abbey Theatre touring produdtion of Playboy of the Western World; protests against Clifford Odet's Waiting for Lefty, performed by militant workers during the Depression; and reactions to the recent play Angels in America.

The Stage and the Page

George Winchester Stone
The Stage and the Page Book PDF

Author : George Winchester Stone
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520334922

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The Stage and the Page by George Winchester Stone Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

Theatric Revolution

David Worrall,Professor of English Literature David Worrall
Theatric Revolution Book PDF

Author : David Worrall,Professor of English Literature David Worrall
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199276752

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Theatric Revolution by David Worrall,Professor of English Literature David Worrall Pdf

This book uncovers the role of stage censorship during the Romantic period, an era otherwise associated with freedom of expression. Theatric Revolution examines this censorship and those who struggled against it.

Theatre Censorship in Britain

H. Freshwater
Theatre Censorship in Britain Book PDF

Author : H. Freshwater
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230237018

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Theatre Censorship in Britain by H. Freshwater Pdf

This exploration of the wide variety of censorship that has shaped theatrical performance in twentieth and twenty-first century Britain examines the unpredictable outcomes of censorship, deep-seated anxieties about the performative influence of the stage, and the complex questions raised by acts of theatrical censorship.

British Enlightenment Theatre

Bridget Orr
British Enlightenment Theatre Book PDF

Author : Bridget Orr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781108499712

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British Enlightenment Theatre by Bridget Orr Pdf

Reveals how England's eighteenth-century theatre dramatized anti-imperial protest, and gave voice to oppressed groups.

Theatre Censorship:From Walpole to Wilson

David Thomas,David Carlton,Anne Etienne
Theatre Censorship From Walpole to Wilson Book PDF

Author : David Thomas,David Carlton,Anne Etienne
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780199260287

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Theatre Censorship:From Walpole to Wilson by David Thomas,David Carlton,Anne Etienne Pdf

Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, David Thomas, David Carlton, and Anne Etienne provide a new perspective on British cultural history. Statutory censorship was first introduced in Britain by Sir Robert Walpole with his Licensing Act of 1737. Previously theatre censorship was exercised under the Royal Prerogative. By giving the Lord Chamberlain statutory powers of theatre censorship, Walpole ensured that confusion over the relationship between theRoyal Prerogative and statute law would prevent any serious challenge to theatre censorship in Parliament until the twentieth century.The authors place theatre censorship legislation and its attempted reform in their wider political context. Sections outlining the political history of key periods explain why theatre censorship legislation was introduced in 1737, why attempts to reform the legislation failed in 1832, 1909, and 1949, and finally succeeded in 1968. Opposition from Edward VII helped to prevent the abolition of theatre censorship in 1909. In 1968, theatre censorship was abolished despite opposition from ElizabethII, Lord Cobbold (her Lord Chamberlain) and Harold Wilson (her Prime Minister). There was strong support for theatre censorship on the part of commercial theatre managers who saw censorship as offering protection from vexatious prosecution. A policy of inertia and deliberate obfuscation on the partof Home Office officials helped to prevent the abolition of theatre censorship legislation until 1968. It was only when playwrights, directors, critics, audiences, and politicians (notably Roy Jenkins) applied combined pressure that theatre censorship was finally abolished.The volume concludes by exploring whether new forms of covert censorship have replaced the statutory theatre censorship abolished with the 1968 Theatres Act.

Banned Plays

Dawn B. Sova
Banned Plays Book PDF

Author : Dawn B. Sova
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781438129938

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Banned Plays by Dawn B. Sova Pdf

An alphabetical listing of plays that have been banned throughout history with a short synopsis and reason for banning as well as profiles of the playwrights and other resource material.

The Lord Chamberlain Regrets...

Dominic Shellard,Steve Nicholson,Miriam Handley
The Lord Chamberlain Regrets Book PDF

Author : Dominic Shellard,Steve Nicholson,Miriam Handley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015060835538

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The Lord Chamberlain Regrets... by Dominic Shellard,Steve Nicholson,Miriam Handley Pdf

The authors contextualize this material within the political and moral issues of the time, and reveal the fascinating processes and debates that occurred in and around the Lord Chamberlain's Office." "Among the playwrights whose work provokes fierce arguments and reactions are Pirandello, Strindberg, Coward, Shaw, Osborne, Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Pinter and Bond. Featured plays include Mrs Warren's Profession, Miss Julie, The Lesson, Waiting for Godot, Look Back in Anger, The Birthday Party, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Patriot for Me and Saved."--Jacket.

Players, Playwrights, Playhouses

Michael Cordner,Peter Holland
Players Playwrights Playhouses Book PDF

Author : Michael Cordner,Peter Holland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230287198

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Players, Playwrights, Playhouses by Michael Cordner,Peter Holland Pdf

This book brings together theatre historians to identify and exemplify a variety of productive new approaches to the investigation of plays, players, playwrights, playhouses and other aspects of theatre in the long eighteenth century. Their inquiries range from stage censorship and anti-theatricalism to the political resonances of adultery comedy.

The Eighteenth-Century Theatre in Spain

Philip B. Thomason
The Eighteenth Century Theatre in Spain Book PDF

Author : Philip B. Thomason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138884057

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The Eighteenth-Century Theatre in Spain by Philip B. Thomason Pdf

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.