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George Bernard Shaw (Censorship (Ready Reference series))

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Shaw’s first major attack on censorship was The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891), a tract defending Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian playwright, some of whose work dealt with venereal disease and immoral marriages, against public reaction that demanded censorship or expurgated versions. Inspired by Ibsen’s work, Shaw wrote Mrs. Warren’s Profession; however, the Lord Chamberlain denied it a license in 1898. Shaw could not find a theater for private performances, or an...

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