The book The Stage Censor An Historical Sketch 1544 1907 was written by author G M G Here you can read free online of The Stage Censor An Historical Sketch 1544 1907 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Stage Censor An Historical Sketch 1544 1907 a good or bad book?
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The poor players, attended by Despair and Poverty, are weeping (and drinking). Forth from the Fair the Hero stalks Dismay'd Doubtful to take y° Road, or Learn a Trade. The corpse of one actor (Theophilus Gibber, Gibber's well-known son) is borne to burial. And the whole is inscribed '' The Player's Last Refuge : Or the Strollers in Distress, ;:V::\/ The Institution of the Modern Censor Si The ballad appended to the print con- cludes ironically : These Are thy Triumphs, thy Exploits, Sr John. bu...t in fact, the Bill failed to achieve suc- cess, and, oddly enough, was dropped by Barnard on account of a proposed clause for enlarging the Lord Chamberlain's power in licensing plays, a " wanton '' jurisdiction of which the good knight openly expressed his disapproval. Walpole had yet to wait three years for obtaining his coveted Par- liamentary gag upon the political voice of the stage. The immediate opportunity for his Act of 1737 was the provocation of two bril- liantly successful political plays, written and produced by Henry Fielding, at his Little Theatre in the Haymarket, in the spring and summer seasons of 1736-7.
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