Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize – 2016 This is the final volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson’s definitive four-volume survey of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material, covering the period 1960-1968. This brings to its conclusion the first comprehensive research on the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence Archives for the 20th century. The 1960s was a significant decade in social and political spheres in Britain, especially in the theatre. As certainties shifted and social divisions widened, a new generation of theatre makers arrived, ready to sweep away yesterday’s conventions and challenge the establishment. Analysis exposes the political and cultural implications of a powerful elite exerting pressure in an attempt to preserve the veneer of a polite, unquestioning society. This new edition includes a contextualising timeline for those readers who are unfamiliar with the period, and a new preface.
| ISBN: | 9781905816439 |
| Publication date: | 21st September 2020 |
| Author: | Steve Nicholson |
| Publisher: | University of Exeter Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 382 pages |
| Series: | Exeter Performance Studies |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Social and cultural history European history |