The frightful stage : political censorship of the theater in nineteenth-century Europe / edited by Robert Justin Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldstein, Robert Justin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Censorship--Europe--History--19th century.

Theater.

Theater and state--Europe--History--19th century.

Theater and state.

Theater--Political aspects--Europe--History--19th century.

Censorship--Europe--History--19th century.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 censo

Contents:

Introduction / Robert Justin Goldstein

Germany / Gary D. Stark

France / Robert Justin Goldstein

Russia / Anthony Swift

Spain / David T. Gies

Italy / John A. Davis

The Habsburg monarchy / Norbert Bachleitner

Summary / Robert Justin Goldstein.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-871-8

0-85745-419-6

1-282-62758-9

9786612627583

1-84545-899-0

OCLC:

645101092