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 theatrical genres across a century and show
how the mechanisms of formal censorship operated under the Lord
Chamberlain's Examiner of Plays. They also explore the effects of
informal censorship, whereby playwrights, audiences and managers
internalized the censorship regime. As such, the volume moves
beyond a narrow focus on erasures and emendations visible on
manuscripts to elucidate censorship's wide-ranging significance
across the long eighteenth century. Demonstrating theatre archives'
potency as a resource for historical research, this volume is of
exceptional value for researchers interested in the evolving
complexities of Georgian society, its politics and mores.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Editors: |
David O'Shaughnessy
|
Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-49625-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-108-49625-3 |
Barcode: |
9781108496254 |
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