The Censor

by Anthony Neilson

"This is a profound and tragic vision of humanity at its bare, forked basics" (Patrick Marmion, Evening Standard)The Censor is "a gripping brief encounter between a pornographic film actress and the man with the licensing scissors. A moving parable of the critic and artist as a healing and finally tragic, love story." (Michael Coveney, Daily Mail)

Genres: Theatre, Plays

55 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 6, 1997

About the author

Anthony Neilson (born 1967) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collabo rative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence.

Neilson has been cited as a key figure of In-yer-face theatre, a term used to characterise new plays with a confrontational style and sensibility that emerged in British theatre during the 1990s. He has been credited with coining the phrase "in-your-face theatre" but has rejected the label and instead describes his work as “'experiential' theatre”.

Reviews

[Ramazan Saral · Rating 3 out of 5]

It has interesting points, but too graphic for my taste. I believe in delivering messages without being too graphic (yes I know it is an in-your-face play, but still).

[Samuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in one sitting. A fantastically twisted, blackly funny and fascinating study of sex, fetishes, psychology and perversion. Addictive, compelling, shocking. Would love to have seen the original production.

[Ella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Provocative. Compelling. The ending had me feeling some kind of way.