The Irish stage : a legal history / W.N. Osborough
2015, First Edition. Dublin : Four Courts Press in association with the Irish Legal History Society. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #468769
ISBN: 9781846825286
Physical description; x, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and indexes. Contents; 1. The Irish mastership of the revels, 1638-1830 -- 2. Regulation in Britain, 1737-1843 -- 3. Regulating the Dublin stage : the abortive plan of 1779 -- 4. The Bill of 1785 : the opposition outflanked -- 5. The passing of the Dublin Stage Regulation Act, 1786 -- 6. Performances within the reach of control -- 7. Theatre in the provinces -- 8. Dublin theatre patents : the first hundred years and more -- 9. Dublin theatre patents : countdown to abolition -- 10. Health and safety -- 11. Refreshments for patrons -- 12. Performers and managers -- 13. Disruption and riot -- 14. Censorship -- 15. The dramatic author's performing right. Subjects; Theater Law and legislation Ireland History. Censorship Ireland History. Theater Censorship Ireland History. Theater Ireland History.
Price: €75.00