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A 'great outrage on human decency': a trial on lewdness and indecency at a Manchester music hall in 1890.
- Source :
- Early Popular Visual Culture; Feb2022, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p21-33, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
-
Abstract
- In Manchester in 1890 a court case was heard in which the singer Peggy Pryde was accused of singing an obscene song at the Folly Theatre of Varieties. The case provides a detailed examination of the arguments about the nature of music hall performance. Local newspapers reported the case in detail and this provides unparalleled evidence about the attitude of the authorities to specific performances, the nature of censorship and definitions of obscenity at this time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OBSCENITY (Law)
MUSICAL performance
REPORTERS & reporting
CENSORSHIP
HUMAN beings
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17460654
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Early Popular Visual Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157934348
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2022.2076356