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Informationen zum Autor John Houchin is Associate Professor of Theatre at Boston College, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Critical Response to Eugene O'Neill (1993). His work has also been published in The Drama Review, The New England Theatre Journal, The Journal of American Theatre and Drama, Theatre History Studies and the Eugene O'Neill Review. Klappentext Arguing that theatrical censorship coincides with significant challenges to religious! political and cultural traditions! John Houchin explores its impact on twentieth-century American theatre. Along with the well-known example of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s! other almost equally influential events affected the course of the American stage during the century. After a summary of censorship in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America! Houchin analyzes key political and theatrical events between 1900 and 2000. Zusammenfassung 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. This study provides a summary of theatre censorship in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and then analyses key episodes from 1900 to 2000. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Overture: theatrical censorship from the puritans to Anthony Comstock; 2. Bad girls, tough guys and the changing of the guard; 3. Flappers and fanatics; 4. Have you now or have you ever ...; 5. Bye, bye American pie; 6. The past is prologue.
