The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 1 (eBook)

1900-1932

Steve Nicholson (Autor)

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2015
360 Seiten
University of Exeter Press (Verlag)
978-0-85989-903-1 (ISBN)

Infos

New paperback, with contextualising timeline and biographies, published in association with the Society for Theatre Research

Published in paperback for the first time, this first volume in Steve Nicholson’s important four-part analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900 to 1968 is based on previously undocumented material in the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence Archives. Covering the period before 1932, when theatre was seen as a crucial medium with the power to shape people’s beliefs and behaviour, it explores the portrayal of a broad range of topics including the First World War, race and inter-racial relationships, contemporary and historical international conflicts, horror, sexual freedom and morality, class, the monarchy, and religion.

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This is the first volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson's well-reviewed four-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material in the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence archives. It charts the period before 1932, when theatre was seen as a crucial medium with the power to shape society, determining what people believed and how they behaved. It uncovers the differing views and the disputes which occurred among and between the Lord Chamberlain and his Readers and Advisers, and discusses the extensive pressures exerted on him by bodies such as the Public Morality Council, the Church, the monarch, government departments, foreign embassies, newspapers, powerful individuals and those claiming to represent national or international opinion. The book explores the portrayal of a broad range of topics in relation to censorship, including the First World War, race and inter-racial relationships, contemporary and historical international conflicts, horror, sexual freedom and morality, class, the monarchy, and religion. This new edition includes a contextualising timeline for those readers who are unfamiliar with the period, and a new preface. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/LXOK1281

Autor

lt;p>Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield. He is a series editor for Exeter Performance Studies and the author of British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism, 1917-1945, also published by UEP.

Inhalt

Preface 



Acknowledgements



Introduction: Because Lions Ain't Rabbits



Section One: 1900-1918



1.  From Ibsenity to Obscenity: Principles and Practice 1900-1909



2.  People Who Eat Peas With Their Knife: The Government Enquiry of 1909



3.  Cats, Canaries and Guinea Pigs: Principles and Practice 1909-1913



4.  A Clique of Erotic Women: The First World War (Part One)



5.  The Hidden Hand: The First World War (Part Two)



Section Two: 1919-1932



6. The Dead Men: Principles and Practice



7.  No Screams from Rabbit: Horror and Religion



8.  Merchandisers in Muck: The Immoral Maze



9.  Our Good Humoured Community: Domestic Politics



10.  Foreign Bodies: International Politics



Conclusion: A Gentler Process of Prevention



Notes



Select Bibliography



Index

 

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Exeter Performance Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Exeter Performance Studies
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Verlagsort: Exeter
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 20th century • british theatre • Censorship • Church of England • conflict • Establishment • First World War • Great Britain • Horror • Lord Chamberlain • Lord Chamberlain's Office • Monarchy • performance studies • pressures • Public Morality Council • Religion • sexual freedom • Theatre as social constructor • theatre censorship • Theatre history • Theatre Studies • World War One
• ISBN-10: 0-85989-903-9 / 0859899039
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85989-903-1 / 9780859899031