What event allowed mainstream theater companies to commission and perform work that was politically, socially, and sexually controversial without fear of censorship ?

20th Century 25/08/2023

A. the abolition of the Lord Chamberlain’s office in 1968
B. the illegal performance of work by Howard Brenton and Edward Bond
C. the collapse of liberal humanist consensus in the late 1960s
D. the foundation of the Field Day Theater Company in 1980

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