The Benn W. Levy Papers 1945-1973

Levy, Benn W. (Benn Wolfe), 1900-1973

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Playwright and theatre director, Benn Wolfe Levy (1900-1974) was born in London and educated at Repton School and University College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Air Force in 1918 and in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. In 1945 he was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Eton and Slough which he represented until 1950, when he returned to writing for the theatre. While in parliament he introduced a Private Member's Bill to abolish the Lord Chamberlain's censorship of the theatre whi...

Arts council of Great Britain

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Campaign for the Limitation of Secret Police Powers

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League of British Dramatists.

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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Antinuclear movement begun in Great Britain in 1958; founders included Bertrand Russell, Josef Rotblat, Kingsley Martin, and J.B. Priestley; CND opposed all preparations, material or political, to engage in nuclear war or threaten it as a means of national policy. From the description of Collection, 1958- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 40214943 The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), an organization formed in Great Britain in January 1958, in...