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The Lord Chamberlain or Lord Chamberlain of the Household is one of the chief officers of the Royal Household in the United Kingdom, and is to be distinguished from the Lord Great Chamberlain, one of the Great Officers of State. The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are traditional Crown ministers who either inherit their positions or are appointed to exercise certain largely

The Lord Chamberlain is always a peer and a privy councillor, and before 1782 was of Cabinet rank. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. A privy council is a body that advises the Head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically but not always in the context of a Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of Government, typically representing the executive branch. Until 1924 the position was a political one. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lord Chamberlain is the chief functionary of the court, and is generally responsible for organizing all court functions; he is considered the "senior official" of the Royal Household. [1]

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Theatre Censorship

From 1737 until 1968 the Lord Chamberlain also had the role of licenser of plays in the City of London, Westminster, and certain other areas, see the Lord Chamberlain's requirements. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. The Lord Chamberlain 's requirements were a set of four prerequisites for a licence for a production in British theatres This role made the Lord Chamberlain effectively the official censor of theatrical performances, although the responsibility was in practice delegated to the Lord Chamberlain's Office. The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household.

This duty was abolished under the Theatres Act 1968. The Theatres Act 1968 abolished Censorship of the stage in the United Kingdom. One of the catalysts for this change in the law was the prosecution in 1965 of Edward Bond's play Saved, staged at the Royal Court Theatre under 'club' auspices. Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English Playwright, Theatre director, Poet Saved is a play written by Edward Bond, and was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1965 Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The opening of the musical Hair was held off until Parliament stripped the office of its censorship duties. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a Rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt [2]

Other duties

Although the senior officer of the Royal Household on a daily basis is the Private Secretary to the Sovereign, the Lord Chamberlain exercises a major co-ordination role. The royal household in all the early medieval monarchies of Western Europe formed the basis for the general government of the country The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, as distinct from The post is normally part-time, though in recent times Lord Maclean served full-time. Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC ( 5 May, 1916 &ndash 8 February, 1990 The current Lord Chamberlain is Lord Peel, who has been the Lord Chamberlain since 12 October 2006. William James Robert Peel 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, PC, DL (born 3 October 1947) is a cross-bench (non-party member of the Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [3]

In Denmark there is also a Lord Chamberlain, called Hofmarskallen (Marshal of the Court) who fulfils a similar role for the Danish Royal Family. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Danish Royal Family includes The Queen of Denmark and her family

Lords Chamberlain, 1485 to the present

The Commonwealth and The Protectorate (1649–60)

References

  1. ^ The Lord Chamberlain at the official website of the British Royal Household
  2. ^ http://michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/NYT9-29-68.html
  3. ^ Appointment of Lord Chamberlain at the Royal Household official website, 2006

Further reading

Links

The Lord Chamberlain and censorship at the Theatre Archive Project

References

Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor The Theatre Archive Project is a five-year project (2003–2008 to reinvestigate British theatre history from 1945 to 1968 from the perspectives of both the theatregoer and the practitioner
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