Global Insights on Theatre Censorship

Abstract

Foreword by Lisa Appignanesi Introduction: Censorship and Creative Freedom Catherine O'Leary Part I: First-Hand Experiences of Censorship 1. The Dictator's Gift of Censorship Fernando Arrabal 2. The Strategy of Communist Censorship in Poland towards the Most Critical and Subversive Student Theatre Productions of 1978 and 1979 Juliusz Tyszka 3. Between the Silence of Submission and the Challenges of Authenticity: Theatrical Censorship in Franco's Spain (1939-75) Patricia W. O'Connor 4. Theatre Censorship in South Asia: Hegemony and AmbivalenceAbhi Subedi 5. Silence One Story and Another is Born: Experience of Censorship in Iran and the UK in 2010 Lisa Goldman Part II: Censorship in Authoritarian Regimes 6. Who was Afraid of Fernando Arrabal? The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria in Yugoslavia Denis Poniz 7. Hide and Seek: Selected Stratagems of Polish Independent Theatre Companies Joanna Ostrowska 8. Der Georgsberg: The Economy as Theatre in the German Democratic Republic Barrie Baker 9. Bowdlerised Shakespeare Productions in Hungary and Portugal Zsofia Gombar 10. Theatre Censorship in Portugal during the Estado Novo: Policies, Censors, Organisation and Procedures Ana Cabrera 11. An Overview of Theatre Censorship in Brazil (1925-1970) Mayra Rodrigues Gomes & Eliza Bachega Casadei 12. Mapping Translated Theatre in Spain through Censorship Archives Raquel Merino Alvarez 13. Regime Loyalty and Rebellion: Re-Inventing the Colonial Censorship Nightmare in Zimbabwe Praise Zenenga Part III: Censorship in Democratic States 14. Stage Irish Neutrality: Theatre Censorship during the 'Emergency', 1939-45 Donal O Drisceoil 15. Not Recommended for Licence: British Theatre Censorship under the Lord Chamberlain Steve Nicholson 16. Freedom of Speech and Hair: The Legal Legacy John H. Houchin 17. Anthony Neilson's Stitching and the High Moral Ground: A Case Study from Malta Vicki Ann Cremona Conclusion: The Power of Theatre Michael Thompson