The Censorship of British Drama 1900-1968 Volume 2
1933-1952
$109.33
- Paperback
472 pages
- Release Date
21 September 2020
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781905816415 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1905816413 |
| Author: | Steve Nicholson |
| Publisher: | University of Exeter Press |
| Imprint: | University of Exeter Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 472 |
| Release Date: | 21 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 722g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Exeter Performance Studies |
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Critics Review
Nicholson’s volumes are unique in their objective and especially their richness of research material. As 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 *About The Author
Steve Nicholson
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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