Routledge, 1976, 1980 and re-issued 2014
Post-War British Theatre
The definitive account of British theatre from 1945 to the mid-1970s, Elsom traces the seismic shifts that reshaped the stage.
The History of the The National Theatre
– Cape, 1978 –
A comprehensive history of the National Theatre from its origins to its first years at the South Bank.
Erotic Theatre
– Secker, 1972 –
A study of sexuality and the stage not as scandal or titillation, but as a serious critical enquiry into how theatre.
Theatre Outside London
Macmillan, 1971
A survey of the flourishing regional theatre movement that was transforming British cultural life beyond the capital.
Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Ed.)
Routledge, 1976, 1980 and re-issued 2014
An edited anthology of the best British theatre criticism from the post-war decades.