Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations

Hardback

Main Details

Title Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr. Jane Milling
Contributions by David Lane
Contributions by Sara Freeman
Contributions by Sarah Goldingay
Series edited by Philip Roberts
SeriesDecades of Modern British Playwriting
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenreDrama
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781408182130
ClassificationsDewey:822.91409
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 25 October 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s 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. Alongside this it provides a detailed examination based on fresh research of four of the most significant playwrights of the era and considers the influence they had on later work. The 1980s volume features a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to prominence: Howard Barker (by Sarah Goldingay), Jim Cartwright (David Lane), Sarah Daniels (Jane Milling) and Timberlake Wertenbaker (Sara Freeman). Essential for students of Theatre Studies, the series of six decadal volumes provides a critical survey and study of the theatre produced from the 1950s to 2009. Each volume features a critical analysis of the work of four key playwrights besides other theatre work from that decade, together with an extensive commentary on the period. Readers will understand the works in their contexts and be presented with fresh research material and a reassessment from the perspective of the twenty-first century. This is an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of British playwriting in the 1980s.

Author Biography

Dr Jane Milling is Senior Lecturer in the department of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Series editors: Richard Boon, Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds.