Self-defeating censorship, from 18th-century theatre to Father Ted
The caustic outsider’s perspective of Irish playwrights made them a particular target for the English censor in the 1700s
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The caustic outsider’s perspective of Irish playwrights made them a particular target for the English censor in the 1700s
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