Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 4: The Sixties

The final volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholsons definitive four-volume survey of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material, covering the period 1960-1968. It brings to its conclusion the first comprehensive research on the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence Archives for the 20th century, exposing the political and cultural implications of a powerful elite exerting pressure in an attempt to preserve the veneer of a polite, unquestioning society.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 382 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2020
Publisher: University of Exeter Press

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.

Weight: 596g
Dimension: 157 x 234 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781905816439