Banned Plays: Censorship Histories of 125 Stage Dramas - Hardcover

Sova, Dawn B.

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9780816040186: Banned Plays: Censorship Histories of 125 Stage Dramas

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ISBN 10: 0816040184 ISBN 13: 9780816040186

Publisher: Facts on File, 2004

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"Outlines the censorship history of 125 classic plays from ancient times to the present. Each entry presents the name(s) under which the play has appeared, the date and place of original production, a summary of the play, its censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. Additional features include playwrights' profiles, a list of the plays grouped by reasons for banning, and a list of 100 additional challenged, censored, or banned plays"--cover. Examines the characters, plot summary, and outlines the censorship history of 125 classic plays from ancient times to present. Each entry presents the name(s) under which the play has appeared, the date and place of original production, a summary of the play, its censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. Additional features include playwrights' profiles, a list of the plays grouped by reasons for banning, and a list of 100 additional challenged, censored, or banned plays. As public tastes change, so does the nature of popular drama. In the fifth century BCE, Aristophanes' Lysistrata attracted censors for its themes, of wifely rebellion and sex. From the 15th to the 18th centuries, plays were censored primarily for religious or political reasons. In the 19th century, social and sexual reasons for censorship emerged. In recent years, plays dealing with topics such as homosexuality and AIDS have garnered attention from censors. This comprehensive guide outlines the censorship histories of 125 classic plays from ancient times to the present. Each produced and place of original production, a summary of the play, its censorship history, and suggestions for further reading. Among the works covered are: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Tony Kushner, 1991) Le Barbier de Seville (Pierre Beaumarchais, 1775) The children's hour (Lillian Hellman, 1934) The crucible (Arthur Miller, 1953) Henry IV, Part 2 (William Shakespeare, 1598) Jesus Christ, Superstar (Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1971) Oedipus Rex (Sophocies, 425 BCE) Oh! Calcutta (Kenneth Tynan, 1969) Salome (Oscar Wilde, 1896) Le Tartuffe (Moii)re. 1669)Examines the characters, plot summary, and censorship history of 125 plays, and offers suggestions for further reading.

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Dawn B. Sova is an adjunct professor of English at Montclair State University. She has taught creative writing courses at the college level and serves as a mentor for courses in American cinema, news writing, and children's literature at Thomas Edlson State College, She is a coauthor of 100 Banned Books and author of Forbidden Films, Agatha Christie A to Z, and Edgar Allan Poe A to Z, all for Facts On File/Checkmark Books. Ms. Sova lives in Garfield, NJ.

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