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
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.
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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
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Date Deposited: |
16 Nov 2016 17:41 |
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John Libbey Publishing |
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Yes |
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