Overview
This is the second part of Steve Nicholson's three-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900 until 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Steve Nicholson
Publisher: University of Exeter
Imprint: University of Exeter
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.889kg
ISBN: 9780859896979
ISBN 10: 0859896978
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Nicholson writes with insight, and his work is always engaging. He has the happy knack of being able to offer analysis of extremely serious and complex issues in an entirely accessible way and illuminates his scholarship with immensely attractive and informative anecdotes and illustrations of one kind and another.' Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds
'Nicholson writes with wit and insight, and his work is always engaging. He has the happy knack of being able to offer analysis of extremely serious and complex issues in an entirely accessible way and illuminates his scholarship with immensely attractive and informative anecdotes and illustrations of one kind and another.' (Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds)
""'Nicholson writes with insight, and his work is always engaging. He has the happy knack of being able to offer analysis of extremely serious and complex issues in an entirely accessible way and illuminates his scholarship with immensely attractive and informative anecdotes and illustrations of one kind and another.' Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds""
'Nicholson writes with wit and insight, and his work is always engaging. He has the happy knack of being able to offer analysis of extremely serious and complex issues in an entirely accessible way and illuminates his scholarship with immensely attractive and informative anecdotes and illustrations of one kind and another.' Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds
Author Information
Steve Nicholson is Principal Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield. 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, see details on page 19.
