Censorship in Theatre and Cinema
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: July 27, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780748619603
Subjects: Films, cinema; Theatre, drama; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts / Film / General; 20th century; Censorship; Great Britain; History; Motion pictures; Theater
First sentence: Theatre censorship laid down by law lasted in Britain from 1737 to 1968, during which time no performance on a public stage could legally take place without the prior blessing of the Lord Chamberlain, an eminent royal official, and there was no provision f