Blending information, analysis and anecdote, this is a biographical guide to the key figures in contemporary drama. Influential innovators, household names and many less familiar, international figures here have their lives and careers illuminated by the clear and succinct entries. All professions associated with the theatre are represented here: actors and directors, playwrights and designers.
Blending information, analysis and anecdote, this is a biographical guide to the key figures in contemporary drama. Influential innovators, household ...
Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent. The Professions in Contemporary British Drama fills this extraordinary gap with a series of nine papers discussing the educational professions (Bennett, Mangan), the medical profession (Shields, Buse, ), priests (Kurdi), archaeologists (Forsyth) and artists (Di Benedetto, Meyer-Dinkgrafe, Edwards). The book is of relevance to theatre academics and students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is based on a conference organised in conjunction with the Centre for English...
Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent. The Professions in Contemporary British Dr...