The Censorship of Eighteenth-Century Theatre

Playhouses and Prohibition, 1737-1843
Herausgeber: O'Shaughnessy, David

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9781108496254
• ISBN-10: 1108496253
• Artikelnr.: 67637553

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: theatre censorship and Georgian cultural history David
O'Shaughnessy; Part I. Gender: 1. Censorship as cultural production: the
1752 public entertainments act and Christopher Smart's Old Woman's Oratory
Kristina Straub; 2. Damned women, or the disclosures of censorship Daniel
O'Quinn; 3. Women writers and censorship in the early nineteenth century
Katherine Newey; Part II. Politics: 4. Theatrical censorship and empire
Bridget Orr; 5. Adapting Caleb Williams for the stage: the theatrical pale
of censorship in Colman's The Iron Chest Lisa A. Freeman; 6. Knave or not?
Censoring Thomas Holcroft Julie A. Carlson; Part III. Performance: 7. The
censorship of personal satire on the eighteenth-century stage Matthew J.
Kinservik; 8. Censoring the unseen: revolution and the aesthetics of
theatrical space David Francis Taylor; 9. Evading censorship through
comedy, improvisation and non-verbal performance in the early nineteenth
century Jim Davis; 10. Censoring regency flash: the melodrama of the
Weare-Thurtell murder case, 1823-24 Gillian Russell.