The 1960s was a significant decade in social and political spheres in Britain; especially in the theatre. As certainties shifted and social divisions widened; a new generation of theatre makers arrived; ready to sweep away yesterdayrsquo;s conventions and challenge the establishment.Focusing on plays we know; plays we have forgotten; and plays which were silenced forever; this book demonstrates the extent to which censorship shaped the theatre voices of the decade.The concluding part of Steve Nicholsonrsquo;s four-volume analysis of British theatre censorship from 1900 until 1968; previously undocumented material from the Lord Chamberlainrsquo;s Correspondence Archives in the British Library and the Royal archives at Windsor are examined to describe the political and cultural implications of a powerful elite exerting pressure in an attempt to preserve the veneer of a polite; unquestioning society.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Its Not "All Norse" to MeBy Amfortas WoundFor first-timers the gods and demi-gods may. at first. be unfamiliar. but their situations are not. and the reader quickly begins to recognize them as old acquaintances. Bolens book is a great starting place for someone approaching "The Ring" for the first time. She successfully reveals what Fischer Diskeau called the "domestic tragedy" that underlies all the philosophical layers of Wagners trilogy. Its very easy to follow her delineation of the all-too-familiar family dynamics of husband/wife; father/son; father/ daughter(and so on). and the opposing dynamics of power and love that manifest themselves in the internal conflicts of this family and to some degree in all families. What she says here can be applied to many other great classics.as well. but most importantly for me. is the reasonable extrapolation that can be made from her book that we are living in a world in which patriarchal dominance has run amok and has us in the same morass in which Wotan finds himself as he struggles to end the mess he has caused because of the excessive wielding of the power of the sword (or spear) and the renunciation of love and compassion. I think Wagner was more prescient than he is given credit for being when he crafted this miraculous vision of (Western) civilization gone wrong. and its demise . No wonder "The Ring" is more popular now than ever before.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A good introductionBy Kindle CustomerI had to read this for a class. A quick read and a good introduction to Jungian concepts and an analysis of the Ring. However. as the title suggests she is a Jungian feminist and this certainly colors her interpretations of the symbols. I would recommend reading it with Richard Doningtons "Wagners Ring and its symbols"0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Dao L.Very good book to read
