Censorship and the Permissive Society British Cinema and Theatre, 1955-1965 [Paperback]

Stage or film presentations ofLook Back in Anger,A Taste of Honey,Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,Alfie, andDarlingwere much changed, even transformed, by censorship between 1955-1965. Indeed, censorship altered the progression of the artistic and creative renaissance of the period, and John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney, Alan Sillitoe, Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson, and John Schlesinger are just a few of the people who were forced to change their work.

Censorship and the Permissive Societyexplores the predicament writers and directors faced, and highlights the debate over the liberalizing or progressive aspects of the sea changes affecting British society at the time.

fascinating survey ... There are some hilarious quotes from the Lord Chamberlain's office. --Sunday Telegraph

a fine account of how UK cinema and theatre fought the blue pencil, 1955-65 --New Statesman & Society

Aldgate deftly charts the Establishment's reactions to the first rumblings of the post-war cultural revolution in the late fifties and early sixties --History Today

...a detailed account of a transitional period in the history of British Cinema and Theatre censorship...this book provides a fascinating insight into the process of censorship and the changes in British society which were reflected in the censor's decisions...will give perspective to anyone interested in current censorship issues. --Film Magazine

Anthony Aldgate is Senior Lecturer in History and Sub Dean in Arts at The Open University, Visiting Professor at the University of Luton, and Associate Tutor at Rewley House, Oxford.
He is author ofCinema and History: British Newsreels and the Spanish Civil War(Scolar Press, London, 1979);Best of British: Cinema and Society, 1930-1970(Blackwell, 1983; Barnes & Noble, Totowa, NJ, 1983);Britain Can Take It: The Britl3.