The Frightful Stage

Political Censorship of the Theater in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Theatre, History, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: ISBN: 9781845458997
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: March 1, 2009
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781845458997
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: March 1, 2009
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, drama censorship occupied a great deal of the ruling class’s time and energy, with a particularly focus on proposed scripts that potentially threatened the existing political, legal, and social order. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of nineteenth-century political theater censorship at a time, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the European population was becoming increasingly politically active.

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In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, drama censorship occupied a great deal of the ruling class’s time and energy, with a particularly focus on proposed scripts that potentially threatened the existing political, legal, and social order. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of nineteenth-century political theater censorship at a time, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the European population was becoming increasingly politically active.

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