The Stage Censor An Historical Sketch 1544 1907

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The Stage Censor An Historical Sketch 1544 1907
G M G
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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.
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...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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