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Brockett, Oscar G. – Theatre Topics, 1994
Addresses the following censorship issues: (1) whether a group has the right to impose its world view on another group; (2) whether artistic visions which attack any group's values should be permitted; and (3) the limits of artistic freedom and who defines those limits. Cites examples from various plays through the years. (PA)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Censorship, Government Role, Higher Education
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Filippo, Joe – Journal of the Association for Communication Administration (JACA), 1994
Discusses censorship issues, such as the "decency clause," that affect both commercial and collegiate theater. Examines how the subject has been weighed and viewed by courts from a number of perspectives. (SR)
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Legal Problems
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Salazar, Laura Gardner – Children's Theatre Review, 1984
In the early 1900s adults found the theatre unsatisfactory entertainment for children. In the name of children's rights, children were forced out of the audience and off the stage of New York's professional theatres. (PD)
Descriptors: Censorship, Child Welfare, Children, Childrens Rights
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Boring, Phyllis Zatlin – Theatre Journal, 1980
Discusses the effect on Spanish theatre of the abolition of censorship and repression following the death of Generalisimo Franco in 1975. Examines how the plays written and produced since that time reflect a sense of euphoria followed by disillusionment and doubt characteristic of the post-Franco society. (JMF)
Descriptors: Audiences, Censorship, Drama, Foreign Countries