The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 1 by Steve Nicholson

The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 1 by Steve Nicholson

This is the first volume in a new paperback edition of Steve Nicholson's well-reviewed four-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900-1968, based on previously undocumented material in the Lord Chamberlain's Correspondence archives. It charts the period before 1932, when theatre was seen as a crucial medium with the power to shape society, determining what people believed and how they behaved. It uncovers the differing views and the disputes which occurred among and between the Lord Chamberlain and his Readers and Advisers, and discusses the extensive pressures exerted on him by bodies such as the Public Morality Council, the Church, the monarch, government departments, foreign embassies, newspapers, powerful individuals and those claiming to represent national or international opinion. The book explores the portrayal of a broad range of topics in relation to censorship, including the First World War, race and inter-racial relationships, contemporary and historical international conflicts, horror, sexual freedom and morality, class, the monarchy, and religion. This new edition includes a contextualising timeline for those readers who are unfamiliar with the period, and a new preface.

Nicholson is very readableHe tells a good story, both chronologically and in the many accounts of particular wrangles, campaigns, negotiations, subtleties, paradoxes and outrages. . . . He uses correspondence to give palpable life to human agencies within institutional structures.

* Theatre Research International *

. . should be welcomed as a long overdue account of the role and function of British theatre censorship during the twentieth century.

* Modern Drama *

Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor 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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ISBN 13	9781905816408
ISBN 10	1905816405
Title	The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 1
Author	Steve Nicholson
Series	Exeter Performance Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Exeter Press
Year published	2020-09-21
Number of pages	394
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