The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 4: The Sixties (Exeter Performance Studies)
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The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 4: The Sixties (Exeter Performance Studies)

The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 4: The Sixties (Exeter Performance Studies)

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Steve Nicholson (Author)  

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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.
Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor of 20th-Century and Contemporary Theatre, and Director of Drama, in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. He is a series editor for Exeter Performance Studies and the author of British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism, 1917-1945, also published by UEP.
  • Contributor: Steve Nicholson
  • Imprint: University of Exeter Press
  • ISBN13: 9780859898461
  • Number of Pages: 366
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: University of Exeter Press
  • Release Date: 2015-07-29
  • Series: Exeter Performance Studies
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor of 20th-Century and Contemporary Theatre, and Director of Drama, in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. He is a series editor for Exeter Performance Studies and the author of British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism, 1917-1945, also published by UEP.

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