Matthew J. Kinservik Books
Disciplining satire
"This book examines the effects of the Stage Licensing Act of 1737 on its main target, satiric comedy. The Licensing Act is generally considered to have been a significant and repressive censorship...
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By Anna Margaretta Larpent, Anna Porter, Matthew J. Kinservik
"On 15 April 1776 the House of Lords convened as a jury in Westminster Hall to try the Duchess of Kingston for bigamy. The Hall was transformed into a theater-in-the-round for the four thousand spe...
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