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R v Penguin Books Ltd [a] (also known as The Lady Chatterley Trial), was the public prosecution in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 [b] for the publication of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
The publication of a full translation of Lady Chatterley's Lover by Sei Itō in 1950 led to a famous obscenity trial in Japan that extended from 8 May 1951 to 18 January 1952, with appeals lasting to 13 March 1957. Several notable literary figures testified for the defence.
An expert walks us through the watershed obscenity trial that forever changed British social norms. Inside the Game-Changing Trial of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' Skip to main content
When the unexpurgated edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover was published by Penguin Books in Britain in 1960, the trial of Penguin under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 became a major public event and a test of the new obscenity law.
A diagram of the court during the Lady Chatterley's Lover trial, Du Cann's position as second junior defence counsel is marked as number 6. Du Cann was born in London on 27 January 1929. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School in West Sussex and Clare College of the University of Cambridge.
LONDON (AP) — A paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" used by the judge in the landmark U.K. obscenity trial of the novel's publisher has sold at auction for 56,250 pounds ($72,000), more ...
John Mervyn Guthrie Griffith-Jones CBE MC (1 July 1909 – 13 July 1979 [1]) was a British judge and former barrister.He led the prosecution of Penguin Books in the obscenity trial in 1960 following the publication of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.
The Chatterley Affair is a BBC television drama produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC Four on 20 March 2006. [1] It is a semi-fictitious account of the obscenity trial which followed the publication of D. H. Lawrence 's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1960. [ 2 ]