The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 2 by Steve Nicholson

The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 2 by Steve Nicholson

This is the second 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 in the British Library and the Royal Archives at Windsor. It covers the period from 1933 to 1952, and focuses on theatre censorship during the period before the outbreak of the Second World War, during the war itself, and in the immediate post-war period. The focus is primarily on political and moral censorship. The book documents and analyses the control exercised by the Lord Chamberlain. It also reviews the pressures exerted on him and on the theatre by the government, the monarch, the Church, foreign embassies and by influential public figures and organisations. 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/SGLU9228

Nicholson’s volumes are unique in their objective and especially their richness of research materialAs such, his Censorship of British Drama represents an unsurpassed source of reference for theatre historians.

* Studies in Theatre and Performance *

. . . 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 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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ISBN 13	9781905816415
ISBN 10	1905816413
Title	The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 2
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	472
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