Provides an introduction to queer sexualities and their presence on the post-war British stage. This volume charts a history of queer on the British stage, from a climate of sexual repressiveness and criminalisation, to a period of legal acceptance of homosexual desire. It also covers gay, les, trans and queer British theatres.

"Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatres in Post-war Britain" is aimed as an introductory text which introduces the several plays, playwrights, theatre companies and queer theorists to students and scholars of contemporary queer British theatres.This book is dedicated to Anthony Blair and the Labour government for bringing in the Civil Partnerships Act.