Banned Plays: Censorship Histories of 125 Stage Dramas by Dawn B. Sova

Banned Plays: Censorship Histories of 125 Stage Dramas

Dawn B. Sova

400 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
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As public tastes change, so does the nature of popular drama. In the fifth century BC, Aristophanes's Lysistrata attracted censors for its themes of wifely rebellion and sex. From the 15th to the 18th centuries, plays were censored primarily for r...

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