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Project overview

This website accompanies a major project to reinvestigate British theatre history 1945-1968, from the perspectives of both the theatregoer and the practitioner. The Project Team includes staff from both the British Library and the University of Sheffield.

You can now access

a unique oral history of British theatre 1945-1968, with over 100 transcripts, images and sound extracts
a description of the contents of the British Library's theatre archives of key post-war figures, such as John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Michel Saint-Denis and Cedric Hardwicke.

Read our publications

The Lord Chamberlain Regrets... A History of Stage Censorship, ed. Dominic Shellard, British Library Publications, 2004
Kenneth Tynan: Theatre Writings, ed. Dominic Shellard, Nick Hern Books, 2007
The Golden Generation: New Light on Post-War British Theatre, ed. Dominic Shellard, British Library Publications, 2008

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Do you have memories of British Theatre 1945 - 68? If so, we want to record them!

Please contact Lada Price: lada.price@sheffield.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 8493

News

NEW Golden Generation Exhibition Curators Jamie Andrews and Alec Patton talk with Aleks Sierz from theatrevoice.com (external link)
More about the exhibition

NEW Osborne in the 1950s Reacting to the 'Golden Generation' exhibition, Chris Duff describes his father's work with a young John Osborne
Read article (PDF, 80K)

NEW Harold Pinter interview Recorded live at the 'Golden Generation' conference at the British Library on 8–9 September 2008. (MP3, 47 min, 17MB) Listen now

NEW The Golden Generation Curator Jamie Andrews introduces our free new exhibition on British theatre 1945-1968 (MP3, 17 min, 7MB) Listen now
More about the exhibition

NEW Drawings by Harry Greene to accompany his in-depth interview about the 1950s Theatre Workshop
Picture index

NEW Encounters with Glenda Jackson and Ian Richardson

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