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The Project places individual productions in a new context and sheds light on the society and culture of post-war British theatre from an audience perspective.

There are two major strands:

Outcomes so far have included scholarly 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; and The Golden Generation: New Light on Post-War British Theatre, ed. Dominic Shellard, British Library Publications, 2008; an online catalogue of scripts performed in licensed spaces since 1968, two Ph.D. studentships, large amounts of oral history material deposited at the British Library, the exhibition 'The Golden Generation': British theatre 1945 - 1968, two oral history evenings (on the Royal Court (2006) and Theatre Workshop (2007)), and an international conference (2008).