The first comparative study of censorship in theatre and cinema during the last century, this book examines notable twentieth-century cases involving the Lord Chamberlain's theatre censorship and the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC). Anthony Aldgate and James C. Robertson have written extensively on the subject of stage and screen censorship, and here they utilize previously unpublished sources as well as hitherto unexplored BBFC files. They show how the two censorship agencies operated, with some interaction between them, in such controversial matters as sex, foreign affairs, juvenile crime, single-sex relationships, the "swinging" 1960s, horror, and religion. The authors also discuss how censors treated American films and plays. This wide-ranging study concludes by explaining why theatre censorship was abolished in 1968 whereas the BBFC has survived until the present day.
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Anthony Aldgate is reader in film history at the Open University.
James C. Robertson is a retired teacher.
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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 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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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 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Reader of Plays, Audrey Field, Home Office, Look Back, Foreign Office, United States, United Artists, Assistant Comptroller, New York, The Devils, Miss Blandish, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Watkins, British Board of Film Censors, Edith Cavell, Lord Cromer, Royal Court, Daily Telegraph, Sister George, Home Secretary, London County Council, Lord Scarbrough, Sister Jeanne, Bill Naughton, Frank Crofts New!
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