John Houchin explores the impact of censorship in twentieth-century American theatre; arguing that theatrical censorship coincided with significant challenges to religious; political and cultural systems. The study provides a summary of theatre censorship in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and analyses key episodes from 1900 to 2000. These include attempts to censure Olga Nethersole for her production of Sappho in 1901 and the theatre riots of 1913 that greeted the Abbey Theatres production of Playboy of the Western World. Houchin explores the efforts to suppress plays in the 1920s that dealt with transgressive sexual material and investigates Congress politically motivated assaults on plays and actors during the 1930s and 1940s. He investigates the impact of racial violence; political assassinations and the Vietnam War on the trajectory of theatre in the 1960s and concludes by examining the response to gay activist plays such as Angels in America.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating Photos of a Bygone EraBy jmhMany fascinating photos - my favorite was the farmer feeding his bull a can of Pepsi. (It said the bull wouldnt drink Coke) Takes you back to the way things were on a family farm before technology took over.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Pictures of the pastBy C. NessIf you come from a farming family of Carroll County; I strongly suggest that you buy this book. Farming is a dying trade in our county; and this book helps restore some of that trade. The book is mostly pictures; but there are some small descriptions of families that are in the pictures. My family is in many of the photos; so of course I jumped at the chance to purchase this book to remember my grandfather.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Farming in Carroll County (MD) Images of AmericaBy Jeanne E. ShaferA wonderful book that records history of agriculture in Carroll County and makes a truly wonderful gift to someone who grew up in the County.
