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Sex and nudity have a long and sometimes contentious history on the stage. In Britain, cuts were often demanded of plays by the Lord Chamberlin’s office, whose red pen was wielded with impunity, striking out sexual references from 1737 until 1968, at which time changing social mores saw his office looking increasingly out of date. Reputedly, the day after the Lord Chamberlain’s powers of censorship ceased, the musical Hair opened in the West End, ushering in a period in which stage nudity was very much in vogue.
