The Censorship of Eighteenth-Century Theatre

ISBN-13: 9781108496254 / Twarda / 2023 / 280 str.

Opis

A far-reaching analysis of censorship's profound impact on Georgian theatrical culture and its development over the long eighteenth century.

Recenzje

'This exciting collection of essays offers insightful analyses of the impact of the threat and reality of theatrical censorship in the eighteenth-century on writing and performance. Perhaps even more importantly, it models new ways of working with and thinking about theatrical archives such as the Larpent Collection and the Lord Chamberlain's Plays.' Elaine McGirr, University of Bristol

Spis treści

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.