Family Shakespeare
Censored plays collection
Family Shakespeare refers to bowdlerized editions of Shakespeare's works, with sexual content, profanity, and other material deemed unsuitable for family reading removed or softened.
The term derives from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition, which excised passages he considered improper for women and children.
They read from the Family Shakespeare to avoid explaining bawdy jokes to the kids.
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
- expurgatedRemoved objectionable material
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- VictorianOf a prim era
- Victorian valuesStrict morality of 1800s Britain
prudish · polite society · edited · cleaned · wholesome · proper · modest · good taste · Thomas Bowdler · Henrietta · parlor · drawing-room · children · decency · propriety · moral purity · abridged · sanitized
Family Shakespearecomplete works
Entire literary output
urtext · definitive edition · full text · unabridged edition · critical edition
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