'Pansy' allowed in 1950s theatre "but not bugger"
                   
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Theatre directors were told in the 1950s that they could use the word "pansy" in plays tackling the subject of homosexuality - but not the word "bugger". By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent Other strictures, revealed in a 1957 "secret memorandum" from the Lord Chamberlain, who was responsible for theatre censorship, included a ban on jokes about homosexuality and embraces between men. In the memo to his team of... [read full story]                    

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