Theatre Censorship in Britain: Silencing, Censure and Suppression

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 apr 2009

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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230223783
ISBN-10: 0230223788
Pagini: 212
Ilustrații: X, 212 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Ediția:2009
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction London's Grand Guignol: Sex, Violence and the Negotiation of the Limit The Representation of Reproduction: Marie Stopes and the Female Body Suppressed Desire: Dramatic Inscriptions of Lesbianism Soldiers : Playing with History Mary Whitehouse, The Romans in Britain , and 'the Rape of our Senses' Section 28: Contagion, Control and Protest Capital Constraint: the Right to Choose? Competing Fundamentalisms: Behzti , Freedom of Speech, Sacrilege and Silencing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Recenzii

'...Freshwater has provided us with an excellent and wide-ranging study which will no doubt inspire scholars and students alike and will have a genuine and long-term impact on the discipline.' - Maggie B. Gale, New Theatre Quarterly

Notă biografică

HELEN FRESHWATER lectures at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, where she specializes in twentieth-century British theatre and contemporary performance. She is author of Theatre and Audience.

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