Salomania! The Salome Dance Craze
An analysis of the Salomania dance craze in early twentieth-century culture by Marlis Schweitzer.
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White Slave Play of Grim Power
This 1913 New York Times article discusses white slave play The Lure by George Scarborough, which featured a thrilling rescue scene of a white slave from a brothel. Elizabeth Robins’ […]
Comstock’s Crusade Against Obscenity
Cartoon of Anthony Comstock waging war against the wicked flesh upon the stage.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession Cartoon
Cartoon portraying the volatile censorship of George Bernard Shaw’s American premiere of Mrs. Warren’s Profession in New York in 1905.
The Fight Publicity Materials
One of the most infamous censored brothel plays of the 1913 season.