Title The censorship of English drama, 1824-1901 / John Russell Stephens

Published Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980

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Description xiv, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; A note on references; Introduction; 1. Licensing and the law; 2. The censors; 3. Political drama and the establishment; 4. The opposition to Newgate Drama; 5. Early challenges to Victorian morality; 6. Religion and the stage; 7. Political and personal satire; 8. Moral decorum and the advanced drama; Epilogue; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 189-193 Subject Drama -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. English drama -- Censorship -- History -- 19th century. English drama -- 19th century. Theater -- Censorship -- England -- History. English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Theater -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Theater -- Censorship -- Great Britain -- History. SUBJECT England -- Civilization -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043278 England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Moral conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006096 LC no. 79041601 ISBN 0521230217

Other Titles The censorship of English drama, eighteen twenty-four to nineteen hundred and one

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