Theatre Censorship

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Theatre Censorship

Author	: David Thomas
File Size	: 46,6 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press on Demand
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 November 2007
ISBN	: 9780199260287
Pages	: 297 pages

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Theatre Censorship by David Thomas Book PDF Summary

Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book provides a thoroughgoing account of the introduction and abolition of theatre censorship in England, from Sir Robert Walpole's Licensing Act of 1737 to the successful campaign to abolish theatre censorship in 1968. It concludes with an exploration of possible new forms of covert censorship.

Theatre Censorship by David Thomas,David Carlton,Anne Etienne

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Theatre Censorship in Britain by H. Freshwater

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.

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The Censorship of British Drama 1900 1968 The Sixties by Steve Nicholson

Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize - 2016 This is the final volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson's definitive four-volume survey of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material, covering the period 1960-1968. This brings to its conclusion the first comprehensive research

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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

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Banned by Richard Findlater

Download or read online Banned written by Richard Findlater, published by London, MacGibbon which was released on 1967. Get Banned Books now! Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle.

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The Censorship of British Drama 1900 1968 1900 1932 by Steve Nicholson

This work explores the portrayal of a range of topics in relation to censorship, including the First World War, race, contemporary and historical international conflicts, sexual freedom and morality, class, the monarchy and religion.

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Global Insights on Theatre Censorship by Catherine O'Leary,Diego Santos Sánchez,Michael Thompson

Theatre has always been subject to a wide range of social, political, moral, and doctrinal controls, with authorities and social groups imposing constraints on scripts, venues, staging, acting, and reception. Focusing on a range of countries and political regimes, this book examines the many forms that theatre censorship has taken

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The Censorship of Eighteenth Century Theatre by David O'Shaughnessy

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

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