Which theatre critic devised and produced the erotic revue ‘Oh! Calcutta!’ in 1969?
Oh! Calcutta! Oh! Calcutta! Oh! Calcutta! is an avant-garde theatrical revue, created by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan. The show, consisting of sketches on sex-related topics, debuted Off-Broadway in 1969 and then in the West End in 1970. It ran in London for over 3,900 performances, and in New York initially for 1,314. Revivals enjoyed even longer runs, including a Broadway revival that ran for 5,959 performances, making the show the longest-running revue in Broadway history at the time. As of 2018, its revival was still the longest-running revue in Broadway history, the second longest-running revival, after "Chicago", and the eighth longest-running
Kenneth Tynan of "Oh! Calcutta!" in 1969 was another important victory in that campaign. Tynan was fiercely against censorship and was determined to break taboos that he considered arbitrary. Tynan's left-wing politics and lifestyle made him something of a poster boy for 1960s radical chic and champagne socialism in London. He suffered a serious personal defeat in the National's internal battles over his support for the Rolf Hochhuth play "Soldiers", a controversial work highly critical of Winston Churchill, whose National Theatre production was eventually cancelled. An erotic revue which Tynan co-ordinated and partially wrote, called "Oh! Calcutta!", debuted in 1969 and became