The year 1956 marked a point when British drama and theater fell into the hands of a group of young playwrights who revolutionized the stage. During that time, playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter made the British theater as rich, varied, and vital as any national theater in history. This reference chronicles the history of British theater from 1956 to 1995 by providing detailed information about the playwrights of that period. Included are entries for some three dozen British playwrights active between 1956 and 1995. Entries are arranged alphabetically to facilitate use. Each…mehr
The year 1956 marked a point when British drama and theater fell into the hands of a group of young playwrights who revolutionized the stage. During that time, playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter made the British theater as rich, varied, and vital as any national theater in history. This reference chronicles the history of British theater from 1956 to 1995 by providing detailed information about the playwrights of that period. Included are entries for some three dozen British playwrights active between 1956 and 1995. Entries are arranged alphabetically to facilitate use. Each entry supplies biographical information, the production history for particular plays, a survey of the playwright's critical reception, an assessment of the dramatist's work, and primary and secondary bibliographies. A selected, general bibliography at the end of the volume directs the reader to important sources of additional information about this period in theater history.
WILLIAM W. DEMASTES is Professor of English at Louisiana State University. He has written numerous articles on modern and contemporary drama, is the author of Beyond Naturalism (Greenwood, 1988), Clifford Odets: A Research and Production Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1991), and Theatre of Chaos (forthcoming), editor of American Playwrights, 1880-1945: A Research and Production Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1994), and Realism and the American Dramatic Tradition (1996), and Series Adviser for the Greenwood Press Modern Dramatists Research and Production Sourcebook series.
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Preface by William W. Demastes John Arden (1930- ) by Michael L. Counts Alan Ayckbourn (1939- ) by James Fisher Howard Barker (1946- ) by David Ian Rabey Peter Barnes (1931- ) by Stephen Weeks Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) by William Hutchings Edward Bond (1934- ) by William J. Free Howard Brenton (1942- ) by John E. O'Connor Caryl Churchill (1938- ) by Amelia Howe Kritzer Shelagh Delaney (1939- ) by Colette Lindroth David Edgar (1948- ) by Art Borreca Michael Frayn (1933- ) by Karen C. Blansfield Pam Gems (1925- ) by Sarah Rudolph Simon Gray (1936- ) by Tony J. Stafford Trevor Griffiths (1935- ) by Stanton B. Garner, Jr. Christopher Hampton (1946- ) by William J. Free David Hare (1947- ) by Judy Lee Oliva Ann Jellicoe (1927- ) by Janice Oliver Bernard Kops (1926- ) by William Baker Liz Lochhead (1947- ) by Ilona Koren-Deutsch John McGrath (1935- ) by Malcolm Page Peter Nichols (1927- ) by Kim L. Jones-Owen John Osborne (1929-1994) by Malcolm Page Joe Orton (1933-1967) by Don Lawson Louise Page (1955- ) by Kurt Eisen Harold Pinter (1930- ) by Stephen H. Gale Stephen Poliakoff (1952- ) by William W. Demastes Willy Russell (1947- ) by Chris Jones Tom Stoppard (1937- ) by Richard Corballis David Storey (1933- ) by William Hutchings C.P. Taylor (1929-1981) by William W. Demastes Timberlake Wertenbaker (1944?- ) by Carla J. McDonough Arnold Wesker (1932- ) by Robert Wilcher Hugh Whitemore (1936- ) by Walter H. Placzek John Whiting (1917-1963) by Thomas P. Apple Snoo Wilson (1948- ) by Dawn Dietrich Selected General Bibliography Index of Names Index of Titles
Preface by William W. Demastes John Arden (1930- ) by Michael L. Counts Alan Ayckbourn (1939- ) by James Fisher Howard Barker (1946- ) by David Ian Rabey Peter Barnes (1931- ) by Stephen Weeks Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) by William Hutchings Edward Bond (1934- ) by William J. Free Howard Brenton (1942- ) by John E. O'Connor Caryl Churchill (1938- ) by Amelia Howe Kritzer Shelagh Delaney (1939- ) by Colette Lindroth David Edgar (1948- ) by Art Borreca Michael Frayn (1933- ) by Karen C. Blansfield Pam Gems (1925- ) by Sarah Rudolph Simon Gray (1936- ) by Tony J. Stafford Trevor Griffiths (1935- ) by Stanton B. Garner, Jr. Christopher Hampton (1946- ) by William J. Free David Hare (1947- ) by Judy Lee Oliva Ann Jellicoe (1927- ) by Janice Oliver Bernard Kops (1926- ) by William Baker Liz Lochhead (1947- ) by Ilona Koren-Deutsch John McGrath (1935- ) by Malcolm Page Peter Nichols (1927- ) by Kim L. Jones-Owen John Osborne (1929-1994) by Malcolm Page Joe Orton (1933-1967) by Don Lawson Louise Page (1955- ) by Kurt Eisen Harold Pinter (1930- ) by Stephen H. Gale Stephen Poliakoff (1952- ) by William W. Demastes Willy Russell (1947- ) by Chris Jones Tom Stoppard (1937- ) by Richard Corballis David Storey (1933- ) by William Hutchings C.P. Taylor (1929-1981) by William W. Demastes Timberlake Wertenbaker (1944?- ) by Carla J. McDonough Arnold Wesker (1932- ) by Robert Wilcher Hugh Whitemore (1936- ) by Walter H. Placzek John Whiting (1917-1963) by Thomas P. Apple Snoo Wilson (1948- ) by Dawn Dietrich Selected General Bibliography Index of Names Index of Titles
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