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Monday, January 19, 2026
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Culture Wars - Censorship and Freedom of SpeechMS.05 Zeeman BuildingDavid Fletcher Censorship and self-censorship in Restoration drama Monday 19 January, 11am-12pm, MS.05 (Zeeman Building) The subject of this lecture is the censorship of plays in late seventeenth century England. I will explore this issue mostly through a case study of one play - The Lancashire Witches by Thomas Shadwell, first performed in 1681 at the height of the Popish Plot. This play provides a good example of attempts at unofficial forms of censorship; how formal censorship affected the text of the play; the differences between the censorship of the performed text and the uncensored published version, and finally how and why Shadwell adopted a policy of self-censorship around contested issues such as witchcraft and atheism.
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CHMST WIP, University of Warwick, 'Almoners, Patients, and the Formation of Medical Social Work in London, 1895-1948'FAB5.52 Faculty of Arts Building |
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Ecopoetics Reading GroupFAB5.02Reading excerpts from L Kiew's debut collection 'More Than Weeds' and considering a poetics of gardening as introduced by Jonathan Skinner. |