Theater

The British Play That's So Controversial It's Been Erased From History

Lost Masterpieces

The British authorities banned Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson's 'The Isle of Dogs' from ever being performed again, and also threw Jonson in jail and shut down London's theater scene.

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