Women playwrights speak about their art and the theatre in this collection of interviews about a key decade of British drama.
Twenty leading contemporary dramatists discuss their work from the perspective of being both writers and women. Each talks about the state of the theatre now, the craft of playwrighting, and the pressures of working within a male dominated environment. The book also features Sarah Kane's very last public interview. 'What I think is so exciting about the response to a number of the plays written by women in the last ten years is that they are popular with...
Women playwrights speak about their art and the theatre in this collection of interviews about a key decade of British drama.
This is a study of the work of Caryl Churchill who wrote Fen, Top Girls and Serious Money. Linda Fitzsimmons examines the development of Churchill's powerful style from her earliest work to the major plays.
This is a study of the work of Caryl Churchill who wrote Fen, Top Girls and Serious Money. Linda Fitzsimmons examines the development of Churchill's p...
This third book in a new series of magazine-style reviews of the performing arts, presents an introduction to the writers who are helping to shape the future of the British theatre. Ranging from Sarah Kane's controversial Blasted to Patrick Marber's humorous Dealer's Choice, from Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing to the intense emotion of Philip Ridley's Apocalyptica, this collection presents extracts from some 20 texts. Together they present a portrait of an emergent generation of playwrights, the country they live in and the worlds which they create on stage.
This third book in a new series of magazine-style reviews of the performing arts, presents an introduction to the writers who are helping to shape the...
Contains the plays, television plays and screenplays of the writer Peter Nichols, as well as his non-dramatic writing. The book also has a chapter in which Nichols discusses his work.
Contains the plays, television plays and screenplays of the writer Peter Nichols, as well as his non-dramatic writing. The book also has a chapter in ...
This volume contains a comprehensive checklist of the work of Michael Frayn; a detailed performance history of each play; excerpts from contemporary and subsequent reviews; Frayn's own comments on his work drawn from interviews, essays, letters and diaries; and a chronology.
This volume contains a comprehensive checklist of the work of Michael Frayn; a detailed performance history of each play; excerpts from contemporary a...
Founder of the Theatre of Cruelty and a strong influence on Peter Brook, Artaud dedicated his life and sanity to purging the French theatre of its enervating bourgeois tendencies. This book includes his major writings about theatre.
Founder of the Theatre of Cruelty and a strong influence on Peter Brook, Artaud dedicated his life and sanity to purging the French theatre of its ene...
