The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 4

290 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h37min.
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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47788/TGOJ9339Acknowledgements Timeline: The Political and Cultural Calender Introduction: Galahad and Mordred 1. The Inflamed Appendix (1960-1961) 2. No Laughing Matter (1961-1962) 3. Pleasuring the Lord Chamberlain (1963) 4. Some S. I will not Eat (1964) 5. Blows for Freedom (1965) 6. Going Wild (1965-1966) 7. Getting Tough (1966) 8. An Affront to Constitutional Principles (1967) 9. Let the Sunshine In (1968) 10. Afterwords (1968-1971) Notes Select Bibliography Index