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Theatre Censorship in Britain

Silencing, Censure and Suppression

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  1. Helen Freshwater
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 1-15

  3. London’s Grand Guignol: Sex, Violence and the Negotiation of the Limit

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 16-34

  4. The Representation of Reproduction: Marie Stopes and the Female Body

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 35-48

  5. Suppressed Desire: Dramatic Inscriptions of Lesbianism

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 49-65

  6. Soldiers: Playing with History

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 66-83

  7. Mary Whitehouse, The Romans in Britain, and ‘The Rape of Our Senses’

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 84-101

  8. Section 28: Contagion, Control and Protest

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 102-119

  9. Capital Constraint: The Right to Choose?

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 120-138

  10. Competing Fundamentalisms: Behzti, Freedom of Speech, Sacrilege and Silencing

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 139-158

  11. Conclusion.

    • Helen Freshwater
    Pages 159-167

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 168-212
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About this book

This exploration of the wide variety of censorship that has shaped theatrical performance in twentieth and twenty-first century Britain examines the unpredictable outcomes of censorship, deep-seated anxieties about the performative influence of the stage, and the complex questions raised by acts of theatrical censorship.

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'...Freshwater has provided us with an excellent and wide-ranging study which will no doubt inspire scholars and students alike and will have a genuine and long-term impact on the discipline.' - Maggie B. Gale, New Theatre Quarterly

About the author

HELEN FRESHWATER lectures at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, where she specializes in twentieth-century British theatre and contemporary performance. She is author of Theatre and Audience.

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