The Lord Chamberlain Regrets...

The Lord Chamberlain Regrets...
Author: Dominic Shellard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2004
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

The authors contextualize this material within the political and moral issues of the time, and reveal the fascinating processes and debates that occurred in and around the Lord Chamberlain's Office." "Among the playwrights whose work provokes fierce arguments and reactions are Pirandello, Strindberg, Coward, Shaw, Osborne, Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Pinter and Bond. Featured plays include Mrs Warren's Profession, Miss Julie, The Lesson, Waiting for Godot, Look Back in Anger, The Birthday Party, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Patriot for Me and Saved."--Jacket.

The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901

The Censorship of English Drama 1824-1901
Author: John Russell Stephens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521136556

Originally published in 1980, this was the first study to make use of the Lord Chamberlain's files on English stage censorship. Dramatic censorship is shown to be a significant index of the Victorian age and the book fills an important gap in the knowledge and understanding not only of Victorian theatre, but of Victorian manners and attitudes.

Theatre Censorship

Theatre Censorship
Author: David Thomas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2007-11
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0199260281

Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book provides a thoroughgoing account of the introduction and abolition of theatre censorship in England, from Sir Robert Walpole's Licensing Act of 1737 to the successful campaign to abolish theatre censorship in 1968. It concludes with an exploration of possible new forms of covert censorship.

Politics, Prudery & Perversions

Politics, Prudery & Perversions
Author: Nicholas De Jongh
Publisher: Methuen Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2000
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

From 1737 until 1968 any play scheduled for performance in England was subject to censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's office.

The Censorship of British Drama, 1900-1968: 1900-1932

The Censorship of British Drama, 1900-1968: 1900-1932
Author: Steve Nicholson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2003
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

This work explores the portrayal of a range of topics in relation to censorship, including the First World War, race, contemporary and historical international conflicts, sexual freedom and morality, class, the monarchy and religion.

Censorship in Theatre and Cinema

Censorship in Theatre and Cinema
Author: Anthony Aldgate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2005
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

This book examines notable twentieth-century cases of censorship in theatre and cinema involving the Lord Chamberlain's theatre censorship and the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC).