Saved premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1965. However, it almost didn’t make it to the stage at all. The play was originally refused a licence without severe cuts by the Lord Chamberlain, but the production went ahead in front of a large, private audience. The Lord Chamberlain prosecuted everyone involved in the production, but the decision did not reflect well on the censorship office. Laurence Olivier wrote a letter to The Observer newspaper, publicly stating that: "Saved is not a play for children but it is for grown-ups, and the grown-ups of this country should have
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