David Benedict: The Shock of the Old - can today’s theatre audiences handle the controversial themes in revivals of 1950s plays?

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David Benedict has been a daily columnist and theatre editor on the Independent and arts editor of the Observer. He is chief London critic of Variety, a regular guest on the BBC, and is currently writing the authorised biography of Stephen Sondheim. Read David's columns for The Stage every Wednesday.

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