Title The censorship of English drama, 1737-1824 / by L. W. Conolly

Published San Marino, [Calif.] : Huntington Library, [1976] ©1976

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Description x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series [A Huntington Library Publication] Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif. Huntington Library publications Contents The licensing of plays: theory and practice -- The censorship of political drama, 1737-1745 -- The censorship of political drama, 1745-1789 -- The suppression of political comment on the stage during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars -- The censorship of personal satire -- Profaneness and immorality on the English stage a century after Collier -- Stage censorship and society, 1737-1824 -- Appendix: Lords Chamberlain and Examiners of Plays, 1737-1824 Analysis England Theatre Censorship 1737-1824 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Drama -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. Drama -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. English drama -- Censorship -- History -- 18th century. English drama -- Censorship -- History -- 19th century. English drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism. Theater -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Theater -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Theater -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History. Theater -- Censorship -- Great Britain. LC no. 75032840 ISBN 0873280687

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