02861nam 2200625 a 450 991079136270332120170815145207.01-282-62758-997866126275831-84545-899-010.1515/9781845458997(CKB)2560000000012145(EBL)544365(OCoLC)645101092(SSID)ssj0000436853(PQKBManifestationID)11325825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000436853(PQKBWorkID)10428938(PQKB)10701450(MiAaPQ)EBC544365(DE-B1597)636936(DE-B1597)9781845458997(EXLCZ)99256000000001214520081209d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe frightful stage[electronic resource] political censorship of the theater in nineteenth-century Europe /edited by Robert Justin GoldsteinNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-171-5 1-84545-459-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 censoTheaterCensorshipEuropeHistory19th centuryTheater and stateEuropeHistory19th centuryTheaterPolitical aspectsEuropeHistory19th centuryCensorshipEuropeHistory19th centuryTheaterCensorshipHistoryTheater and stateHistoryTheaterPolitical aspectsHistoryCensorshipHistory792.09409034Goldstein Robert Justin216360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791362703321The frightful stage3751041UNINA