Censorship and the Permissive Society: British Cinema and Theatre, 1955-1965 - Hardcover

Aldgate, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198112416 ISBN 13: 9780198112419

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

Synopsis

A key decade in the postwar social and cultural history of Britain, the period saw the country emerge from the "doldrums era" of the fifties, to the permissive society of the "swinging sixties." A noticeable move towards "decensorship" increasingly loosened the traditional constraints imposed on literature, stage, and films. Anthony Aldgate shows, however, that censorship impeded the progression of the artistic and creative renaissance of this period. Drawing upon a mass of recently released or hitherto unseen documentation, the author charts the impact of the censorship process between 1955 and 1965 upon playwrights and directors, many of whom endured the rigorous scrutiny of the film and theatre censors.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Aldgate is Senior Lecturer in History and Sub Dean in Arts at the Open University. He is also Visiting Professor at the University of Luton, and Associate Tutor to Kellogg College, Oxford.

Review:

"This is a careful, thoughtful, meticulously documented exploration of what Aldgate calls 'the slow, complex, and fraught problem of liberalization."--Albion

"[A] fascinating survey."--Sunday Telegraph (UK)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0198112416
• ISBN 13: 9780198112419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184