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Should The Government Consider Reintroducing A Role...
...that the Lord Chancellor used to perform?
I'm thinking of theatre censorship as the pantomime season approaches. What harm has been done to generations of children watching attractive young women playing the male hero, usually wearing tights and engaging in lots of thigh slapping?
Then there are the men in drag. Need I say more?
What was considered an innocent family treat could have undermined the very fabric of our society.
Answers
Have you considered buying a new wooden spoon, sandyRoe. Your usual one is wearing a bit thin.
Douglas, I know I've asked you this before, but I'll ask again. Are you a woman?
sandyRoe, I've seen Christopher Biggins in panto, He's very good at it - and the children loved him.
Have you considered buying a new wooden spoon - - - He asks some very relevant questions.
and the Sound of Music is full of Nazis - how unmimsy !
and Mel Brooks' The producers, has the surprise hit - Springtime for Hitler - I have never hears of such anti-semitism
and naughty PP !
In 1843 the Licensing Act was dropped, enabling other theatres to present drama, although Lord Chamberlain's censorship of plays remained in place until 1968.
er that last bit for ABers was the Lord Chancellor didnt do theatre censorship(*) but the Lord High Chamberlain -
too busy tapping wiggies on the shoulder and saying they should be QCs AND acting as a speaker in the House of Lords ( and being a Law Lord on the law committee of the Privy Council - no I am not going to explain that one) - good satire of Hailsham LC on Rumpole. 1970
This was intended as a light hearted, slightly ironic, thread. - no Sandz missed a one-liner there
The irony is : it was intended as a light hearted, slightly ironic, thread.
Hey this all started around 1745 when the Prime Minister was criticised on Stage ( walpole) - in the Beggar's Opera, Rich and Gay
of whom it was said - [The success] made Mr Gay, rich and Mr Rich, gay !
sozza: some threads suffer from fact-starvation
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