| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) |
| Series |
Decades of modern British playwriting |
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Decades of modern British playwriting.
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| Contents |
General Preface by series editors Richard Boon and Philip Roberts -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the 1980s -- Domestic life -- Education -- Culture -- Media -- Science, technology and industry -- Political events -- Theatre in the 1980s -- Thinking about the recent past -- Institutions, policies and funding -- New writing and playwrights in the 1980s -- Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter -- Present pasts -- Introducing the Playwrights -- Crafting careers -- Howard Barker -- Jim Cartwright -- Sarah Daniels -- Timberlake Wertenbaker -- Playwrights and Plays -- Howard Barker by Sarah Goldingay -- Jim Cartwright by David Lane -- Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling -- Timberlake Wertenbaker by Sara Freeman -- Documents -- Howard Barker: Interview with Jane Milling -- Jim Cartwright: In His Own Words -- Sarah Daniels: Interview with Jane Milling -- Timberlake Wertenbaker: In Her Own Words -- Afterword -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
This volume equips readers with a fresh assessment of the theatre and principle playwrights and plays from a decade when political and economic forces were changing society dramatically. It offers a broad survey of the context and of the playwrights and companies such as Complicite and DV8 that rose to prominence at this time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Barker, Howard, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Cartwright, Jim, 1958- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Daniels, Sarah, 1957- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wertenbaker, Timberlake -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Barker, Howard, 1946- fast |
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Cartwright, Jim, 1958- fast |
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Daniels, Sarah, 1957- fast |
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Wertenbaker, Timberlake fast |
| Subject |
English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
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Society & culture: general.
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Theatre studies.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English drama
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781408129609 |
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1408129604 |
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9781283853200 |
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1283853205 |
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9781408177907 |
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1408177900 |
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9781408157107 |
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1408157101 |
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