Lear was banned from performance between 1788-1820 when George III
was considered insane, and the link between stage and royalty would be
too close for official comfort. Contemporaneously with this Tom Paine
was also banned in England and, famously, Coleridge and Wordsworth
were watched for talking about Spinoza (Spy-noza)
While 'Silas Marner' was banned in Anaheim CA in 1978 (?!) and '1984'
in Florida in 1981 because it was considered 'pro-communist' (?)
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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