The Captive
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The Captive is a controversial 1926 Broadway play, adapted from Édouard Bourdet’s French drama, that became historically significant for its early depiction of lesbian themes and the resulting censorship battles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Captive canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway play
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LGBT-related play ⓘ adaptation ⓘ theatrical play ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American theatre censorship
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LGBT theatre history ⓘ obscenity law in the United States ⓘ |
| author | Édouard Bourdet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
La Prisonnière
NERFINISHED
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a French play by Édouard Bourdet ⓘ |
| censorshipReason | depiction of lesbianism ⓘ |
| censorshipType | police closure of the production ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| culturalContext | post-World War I Western society ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | three-act play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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melodrama ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| influenced | later LGBT-themed plays ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
case study in early 20th-century stage censorship
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milestone in representation of lesbians in mainstream theatre ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
lesbian desire
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same-sex love ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ social stigma ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | conflict between social convention and personal desire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of lesbian themes on the Broadway stage
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involvement in censorship controversies ⓘ legal battles over theatrical indecency ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | a lesbian relationship without explicit physical contact ⓘ |
| reception |
commercially successful before being shut down
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controversial ⓘ |
| setting | upper-class European society ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a married woman emotionally attached to another woman ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCensorship | late 1920s ⓘ |
| triggered |
censorship actions by New York authorities
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police raids on Broadway theatres ⓘ public debates about morality in the theatre ⓘ |
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