Modern British playwriting : the 1960s : voices, documents, new interpretations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Steve, author.

Series:

Decades of modern British playwriting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Caryl.

Hare, David, 1947-.

Hare, David.

Brenton, Howard, 1942-.

Brenton, Howard.

Edgar, David, 1948-.

Edgar, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 275 p).

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Methuen Drama, 2012.

Summary:

Chris Megson's survey of the theatre of the 1970s examines the work of four playwrights who came to promience in the decade and whose work remains undiminished today: Caryl Churchill, David Hare, Howard Brenton, and David Edgar. It analyses their work and their legacy today and provides an assessment of their contribution to British theatre.

Contents:

Foreword by the General Editors Richard Boon (Emeritus, University of Hull) and Philip Roberts (Emeritus, University of Leeds)

Introduction: Living in the 1960s

Theatre in the 1960s

Introducing the Playwrights: John Arden; Edward Bond; Harold Pinter, and Alan Ayckbourn

John Arden (Bill McDonnell, University of Sheffield, UK)

Edward Bond (Steve Nicholson, University of Sheffield, UK)

Harold Pinter (Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts at the British Library)

Alan Ayckbourn (Frances Babbage, University of Sheffield, UK)

Documents

Afterword

Select Bibliography

References

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1201426053