CHAPTER TWELVE UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN AND THE FRANCO REGIME: ‘THE BOWDLERISATION OF WAITING FOR GODOT AND ENDGAME NURIA FERNANDEZ QUESADA Introduction th freedom of asi expression hada pet impat ot es i hee decor and. pods ship. and_dcfamation hada sigificanffect-on the Spanish feeepion of Beckett heave, and Nfs vee peer (Wig Jor ‘hear Spncaa sen in eater sadeGoto, Act withow Words and Endeane)renaedwapubisod ia book The stay ofthe prprctoncenarsip of Beck's est tw pas in England ted Spun devin te 1950 revels naj iftrence the ‘iminstrationofsesoship isl and inthe ssope of iene ram. ‘Also intrest, boner, ae the usp ad sing res in the tre ofthe cus and aration mae by the Bish and Spanish ‘wll sty discuss th charatersics of bath exnsaship stems an, Tecmy, anayse the ‘owdleation of Se Engin an Spi ‘opescnps foster wih the rertions apples 4 tr perform a British and Spanish Theatre Censorship inthe 1950s The Authorities Responsible for Censorship oil 1966, hear cemorhip in Brin 8 3, wetensbised hme onde he eps of the Lord Chambon, whos office was lee from home an! ha some knowledge of the thst. Thy wre dd sears arg i191. apron words oe nes zag ‘loa scene ara play asa whole thy fflored the sue We supis. tamely the Compe or ik Dept wh, tm consid the Ld Chambsrlain athe Pigs suhory. Compl sd Sots were ‘According ts De Jongh thy “ened to be itliget snd dtr [Tey rl on thir pa fsings an they were fl fg” (De Song 2Ki Spin etmcen 1951 and 1977, the Ministry of Infomation and ‘Tous was the highs authority repose or sae cemontip Lhe Deparment of Theat one fo cenor erie andl cede es ee ne ea (Gone by wperin afore tbe Head Oe of Cinergy and Thee, wih a kr he sper oe My, aie repr by on often was ough ps, amend cr veto apa wibot fens examination I a nt aa 1968 hat be Miner esa a CCnsecsip Board, comprsed of 4 Pree, a Vice-President a 2 ‘of eee he shh ane wit ete Spanish cemsorship was that, i Bain, ars and manages wee Slowed so dss te cus and change ops, y os and in pon with the Compote: ore Depa of on re caters. Wil he (Gnlagr 1967, 20), However here as appeal pata ial eri Ife whole ploy nas vetoed Tie Lol Chanberain wae aswerble x the ute an was hecsite above aye non, tin ive a rcogh trgsinng. hoop there eidene of vecsenal essai iy the censor th ventions om dct. pubishes te danas Yet te sow breyten 9 hie ao et apes Ie at of Hocken satate n caly how tants sd Imanges aye the gune of ens ccrding tthe Tes, But haw they ent even frien owdlrsng the hors werk al npn tie conor cusand ctangee Licence Regulations ‘A numberof contonsaplied wo he approval of sacs ia oth cota penne pl i rai ronda ad Tienes nee ot wanfrle fm ope vee 0 aot, il van fom enn srs eel {othe tie halt be seb fr apyovl Before pron. Sas tah fr den rear and for posoditon reviews” Thee Was cmon of ny a1 amas of Seng cen. In Mmerenrcng the erga Seve of he cred plays. In "Brita, ad Pe eae peters bp were old of te conus” romteuone and musings, bere Pl ths eck, aun or Ge nd Econ wet pred The Censorship of Waiting for Godot and Endgame sain spree tok plas under "chat" condions in Mad 180 Edpame was not ete a Eaplasd wil October 8 1958 mae hah fee this delay on the Bish Se. where managers could corepond with ‘ersers ping cts nd amendments of pve. Daring th ro they ‘sould sub atemate opens o weaken th pat of the inal tet, ‘leh somednes took degre of gamesmanhip and fed 3 ng change of leery, especly Hf the hor woul et ape, wth the Stalin Spahr ass and agers theses pecensed Beck's pays an wore wilng to sept sens’ amends o "A comarca hewoen th Spanish ad English censored versions of Waiting for Godot sod Endgcme wil fuer thow the exe! to which censesip was deme othe espn of Beker fo iain Spit ‘compared to democrat Engl The Censorship of Waiting for Godot ‘The Sat Spanish peromance of Exeronde a Gor tok pase on theatre group Dido, pequeto teatro bad applied for x club production cen Dincor Tio, Mariacy ‘Tives, whoa tended the Paris Premed tasted the ply om the French nd set he srt stage (Martinez Trives 1957, 15). Dido evemualy took up the challenge. ‘The company sited the sep fr centri on Mach 25, seing the Inset Nacional de Prevsiin (National Inaine for Social Security) However the loos wat nt ssued ual «mont lar ad the company fal wo finda aew ens, Marines Ties aed the tectum of the‘The Spans sgn of the play wa alowed bythe London rere opted fora cence. but the production nae hidced the ay ‘hectns te Lard Chambers bot ans th ply fr scot ind Msp. asd aso by Becket’ ow stage ain ply Ue Lord Chambetsn ied 12 pases roms! Th gst expected and which Iwas hal peprd oaread elt bt alo Passages tat re vial Yo the ply} and impose sie oat Reese wrt nt Baney Rossen Ap 1958 sulgarity (ee examples in Table I) Beceu agred to oat ot the Sappresions and tangs, bl mina to heep th wo ching pits Teed in he above quae al the i 1S eso Lucky ae td folowing punage athe ea of Ae Beckett tok a fr stand aginst any concession: “L comic tit imeem am a tei Umi he ssbmting:amewinens of the thers” be wrote tthe Assistant Comprar, Brigaer Noonan Gv, on Api [4 (dt De Jongh By the tie the ceace was pain aly 1954, Pee Glen who aad teen appointed by placer Donal Aly t est the ply: had accepted her commitment, fad eating actors Ale Guiness ad St ap Richardson ‘The staging fly took place 4 yt lar unt iecion of Peter Hall a the-Ans thee lay whi allowed he ‘icumventon cf th Lord Chantesin and the perforant lncemered txt Cie Keanth Tynan (he Obverte) aad Hal Hao he Suda an) we i npr of he pe a rcion toa public het. A ow permit was ised om Angus 25, TOSS aon Sep 12 he ply opened a th Creo These in he Tle th English remax thee mao day ne Heesing of th fir Spanish prodation, save forthe skownese of the cemrsip peer ar lM so ee ‘nthe a the comment sets wh the sna fr & om rie performs prety made te pot toe mot he tou, ge y happened. A cog pent was ved win 2 ‘tom, compar to te tee monte I ook Dona altery to male Becket an th Lard Caner Ofc each a greet obscenity inthe play, as examples 2, 4 and S show in the following table lsphemy a ccs the charch were als of deep concern em prealaryn Spin where theme handed ove se corel of ‘stsblishoent. Ia Brisa, the Lord Chamberlain ~ alchough with far fewer Tink othe Chrch tha hi pois counter ako layed roae st ‘uestining of th Chesian faith ad the we of Chad eas pltves (as Spanish censors di) tua ay esonieaton of Chest However, deste thes irs, the te some eens in the for example. did not make am issue of the lines about Chest and truant thee of At Ieee to above. On de ober hd ample number I sbow hy cleat the ine ta qoeson 8 pose al tats all here i oi ln Spain, the ecclesiastical censor argued thatoncra hth in Cae Spin snd Protest England is bet lated ty Boks sacl ply, whe ceri camo eset of he [ TABLET: COMPARISON OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ENGLISHT [AND SPANISH TYPESCRIPTS OF WAITING FOR GODOT: z saat | 2m V Hon IF ge aon ervcton! | V: Sera manera de E[Mighy exes An erection! | empamarse V: Wihall aos Wile | ‘ES ena en? ie andres goo) Gon oda las entecenls 2: Wall They don gre, and that's here 0 Uncen: putter Thar hw im thi ich of an Wo fod? én sha pido? [Replay Who etched) Sow piss ener wher Pm na there | Meat mejor cand no ety ag iRepica by om pds ter] ‘Gonecoces! Siochate [nena (Replaced by Lard Chamberaint | Baswa Crp (Tamed Got Sera fromthe Fach Fate? xe apa) Engh ‘Span The Censorship of Endgame Fin de part, rial versio fh ly a is wo rmiein French a he Royl Coot in London om Apa 31957 The cpt was barely Sowden encep for some mir bess despa be pager ‘ewe where Ham to Ga "Le salad and lame“ wee p= Even ong i Lond Chambers Office ax extemely sestive {o asp ano te we of expe oaceming religion Be passe ‘rosauborse AVEubly ol he dsctons of the French langage oF ‘Thor reating tte Canes can eaplun sich an ancommon degre Se pernnsveness AS oe af te fener aqoogic! whe Lond (Cumbres iho nd ie su ecsse so meomsecrt ‘Slmere 5 ia Foch, bt shoul! have sen warned bythe fi tha th ‘Scr Mating for Gore coil Naphem "(Sb 200, "nity of Hamm's words when they licensed the ply in April: Anthooy ‘ulate repr tan exchange of lets futwcen Comper Goan nd Tamir Se Viosne Tobie, i which the ler compared Nora Gti aly ett eth aya a oA an ‘Seed soto inte svar ig tht “Lary Oboe has Ie sons Hy tha he Ofte did o tr Mind ye to the reach ‘ero th plop he pounds athe performace was ended or {French Associaton of Export Industries), and the gala was attended by Fepued mombers of Londo sce, clang the amano af Prac “extlining his rationale fer being mor een with French ypesci:fvlthandence sig mn Eg. Qe apa fo Whacver the expt, “Le sad existe ps! washes! on the Englsh stage afew month belie George Devine, decor of he Eee Soe Covey ey nt be Ot ey ‘Sanges nl oan esendt exchane of comepondence beneen Gore Deve, decor of the English Sage Company, athe Lord (Chants putes i oo more Nayhemeus han "My God, Gu why host Tivw foraien me, Becket rte to Devin on December 26,1957, Tre days ater he would alo write w American ‘Gestor Alin Scheider cncrnng the ar barging Tso ahead Tn endo he Lard Cher desaods ner lia he rev the exe ae gees ei cian of Bs an Se [Negociations over this issue caried on for ight month, for Becket woul! nut aie fo hi ance o Kep what he cosieed to e an Tniensbe sage On Janay 5,158 er esving news a ls hae showe th Tam prepare put up with mir Gamage, in ‘efoto several anodes he fd accepted (oe Table 2) a, be ‘eat, wo aor can sop in what he comida, MY OF ‘only. gave iy w hs work” Pome by his ling atop talk Becket ine rvng what seemed be th i word a sue Bu stp simply incepta i] to me. [-] Thre ae leis othe things en at scep Becket nd Schnee 1998, 0. "fat i the ly had en aged i French withthe passage uncensored eet a al ena xhoed by the pss Wen Oe 9 performance, but Devine, taking advantage of the uproar in the press Taped st eresnate of the Lord Chane’ fic tend {pnt reang of Endgame x the begining of uy Devine reper 0 by June 1958, Devine ha convinced the Lod Charbel 1 ec He By a I Pavel afr the pbc ening, Becht axed th sain Te sla rei as") The ah a sera ened Devine. if win” ino acsepabl, hen te Meng fbr tohae al prcton rc alte we ing 1 ae Ooo gun 618K a eter fom Assist Compal aaa esi alemed Devin ofthe Office's consent 1 th proution Sertich wuld er gett th stage ul Oster 2 yeti prem of Final de potida ha wen pace nl iStpufemance como oJae |) atthe Tato Bela Ates in ‘tainty fur moms ttre Laan csi. 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One des say am: Mais apo Harn: Use your ead Sellesetemtcone | cart you ithe was rout serone bis, | ing we'd be Like the payer sn, the passage wt subtly are, Dic tg ade Sincee Peco st calcu the ls few bn of the lnlogue, herby Liling he pun “ele” Clayingiing gas") ad ‘he dobie meaning of le tna coe nosso uss C1 ‘slaying Wed be che") Laer, the case nod athe at 2nd re “Como m0 se una lala Unless row). By Sing so tey not ol ied the sean conottons, Pt iso he sts Sita Ha ena "thay mi sat fo te ave Sin and abo) ay sig fife oui he see, n tee ate ‘er, decying wo, Hann wats sie ny pian of bop ia whith dit get comma Bones im Spam i wel fer te {oath of Franc. Spanish rst and emo ampering ade the SathrTook sce, rendre his play teigls and cgay SMeced he apctaon of theaters for one ofthe pyres who ‘anged thet of he hese, Conclusion Ter essa diernss i he Metre prods a ‘Shun Crass emerge th rm the sol Bound of emenp {bal ant om ihe pola sys ulin each county. Ia set Spa the ower Church eno exreme obedience o Franco's dicts uth srt pesraion othe Catt and moral. No oom wa Tet force deene of he ene o te slips spn of pony ot bisceiy. In Engst, even though demcercy claimed festom of ‘posh uncertain of post-war yer suppor areal onsen Sage ands lng tadion of prey. Yet uae In Spin 2 cetan egee of pomisenense et men European drama forth om the xplanon and pote dustin ofthe amendments of Sp, which we ining nthe commercial prforance of plays ut ae) 30 00 {hi pertormanses ‘hope the tht game and Waiting for Godot were stage in Spain moms bei the London premieres four mons in theese of Fregome), Spans cnsohip eats more sos dae he publi rection of else's nok than he Lord Chamberlain's Ofc i. On thea han, between 1955 and 197%, Spun censor pram iid tnber of Hcenes 10 hs lays. hich wee bevy fowler aed ‘Raced to oyeshow perlonmances hy cab nd ater companies. On ter ssf comin ws racy ain a Titi cice bt Yo sce whan eattons wer amped By the more Comers), i wes Becet's fim sund apna he Lod ang fr Gato eetay th pening his pay in England, whore, evenly, thy were amples of ow Spcish nla nd censor ad Becht worn Spa and uliaily ualemined for yea the relonsip that rede, Stet pcs aad wih he gh Te age Works Cited Algae, Amboay. 1998. Corp and he Permissive Society, Brith ‘Cinema and Theatre 19351965 Oxf Chants Pres Becket, Sumcl 19ST, Later to Gage Devine, December 26, The ngish Stage Compsny tthe Rojl Coon Teste Coresponenc, 1985-1950 Hary Ransom Hunasies Reach Coe, Bx fle 2 19578 Fade paresis de Ate tans parts. Pats Eons dc =. 198K Laur w George Devine. Jinaary 5. The Engi Stage ‘Company atte Royal Cou Tassie Consipondess, 1955-1988 190 (1986 The Complete Dramatic Works London aber Becket, Sambo, td Alan Scheie 199% No Aur ater Served. The ‘Coerpondner of Sanuel Becket an An Scere Hanon: Cambridge, MA’ Harvard Uninc Pes Cousin fhe English Sage 1901-1068 Loan Metincn Devine, Grog. 19H ater o Suu Beste, fly Te Eglsh Stage ‘Company at the Royal Cou Thete Comepondens, 1985-1085, Ferinder Ques N- 2007. Evlun dear taal Se Samuel Becket en los escenaros expuotes 1088200. Centra represencin y rca PAD dt Univeral Pato de Olive Finda, Rh 167, Banned! A Review of Theat rian. Loni. Macgibbn and Kee Goer, Alone, 2008 Cuando np oe aeons: memoria (190 7982) Ma spas Calg. Sage Company atthe Ross! Court These Cemrespandenc, 1955 1059, Mary Rann Humans Research Cor, Bot Ider 2 19580 Late io Picter Roper. September 24. The Eaglsh Suge Hany Ransom Humans Reseach Cane, Bon flr. "188k Later to George Devin. October 10. The Eaglh Stge ‘Company at the Royal Court Thete Coresponiecs, 1955-1993 Hany Ransom Humantics Reseach Cone, Bo flr. aowton, Jam. 1997 (1096). Banned Yo Fame! The Lift of Samuel Becker. Land: Bombs Late Cation 1H No Sole Where None Intended. Aas: Hay 1059 rsa de Ss Beck”. Primer Aco. 1: 1618 ‘icholon, Steve, 200, “orsign Dra dt Lond Chaneran the oedon Shell Acad Pres. i Rogers Peter 1958 eter to Miss Weber, October 8, Hany Ransom Humans Research Cer The English Stage Company ae Royal Cont Tear Conespondenc, 158-1589, Hay Ransom Hamanies ‘Shella, Deminic, Steve Nichouon and Miriam Haney. 2004, The Lar ‘Chambers Regrets. & Midory of Brgh That Corsi,