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Thomas Bowdler
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Noun1.Thomas Bowdler - English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
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For much of the nineteenth century, the righteous was located in the family, hence the Family Shakespeare.
A DISAPPOINTING LOOK AT SHAKESPEARE'S AFTERLIFE by Berry, Ralph / Contemporary Review
2) Some other interesting versions of Shakespeare aimed at youth (and often young women as well) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries include William Dodd's The Beauties of Shakespeare (1752), Thomas Bowdler's The Family Shakespeare (1818), and D.
"Faint and imperfect stamps": the problem with adaptations of ... by Gearhart, Stephannie S. / Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics
Edinburgh doctor Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) was so incensed with Shakespeare's bad language he produced a 10 volume edition of Family Shakespeare by removing any words that might be offensive.
`Chat show where the words are the stars' by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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