W.B. Yeats, the Abbey Theatre, censorship, and the Irish state : adding the half-pence to the pence /
Histories of the Abbey Theatre have repeated W.B. Yeats's assertion that there was no censorship of theatre in Ireland. This book utilizes source material to prove that censorship did occur and that Yeats was willing to sacrifice artistic freedom when he saw the chance to ensure the longevity o...
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford English monographs.
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Table of Contents:
- 'We have no gift to set a statesman right' : representation, reform, subsidy, and censorship
- 'The dance is changing now' : economics and revolution, 1916-1921
- 'The right twigs for an eagle's nest' : negotiating the subsidy, 1922-1925
- 'All think what other people think' : George O'Brien's tenure, 1925-1926
- 'What if the Church and State are the mob that howls at the door?' : fighting the Irish at home and abroad, 1927-1934
- 'I sing what was lost and dread what was won' : Yeats and the legacy of censorship, 1935-1939
- 'Theatre business, management of men' : the politics of compromise.