Condon, Denis (2014) "Offensive and Riotous Behaviour"? Performing the Role of an Audience in Irish Cinema of the mid-1910s. In: Performing New Media, 1890-1915. John Libbey Publishing. ISBN 978-0861967148

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Abstract

In September 1915, Frederick Arthur Sparling, proprietor of the Bohemian Picture Theatre, Dublin, prosecuted William Larkin on a charge of offensive and riotous behaviour for protesting in the auditorium during a screening of A Modern Magdalen (US: Life Photo Film, 1915). The protest was part of an ongoing campaign by the Catholic church-based vigilance committees – led by the Dublin Vigilance Committee (DVC) – against certain kinds of imported popular culture, initially targeting newspapers, magazines and books and moving on by 1915 to theatrical shows and films. Larkin played a leading role in the confrontational elements of the campaign, gaining notoriety among theatre and cinema owners as he successfully drew press attention to the DVC’s activities.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Film Studies; Audience and Reception Studies; Early Cinema; Irish History; Audience in Irish Cinema; 1910;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
Item ID:	7618
Depositing User:	Denis Condon
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2016 17:41
Publisher:	John Libbey Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
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