British Playwrights, 1956-1995
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British Playwrights, 1956-1995

A Research and Production Sourcebook

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British Playwrights, 1956-1995

A Research and Production Sourcebook

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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.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
1996
ISBN
9781567507430
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism in Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Preface William W. Demastes
  2. John Arden (1930– ) Michael L. Counts
  3. Alan Ayckbourn (1939– ) James Fisher
  4. Howard Barker (1946– ) David Ian Rabey
  5. Peter Barnes (1931– ) Stephen Weeks
  6. Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) William Hutchings
  7. Edward Bond (1934– ) William J. Free
  8. Howard Brenton (1942– ) John E. O’Connor
  9. Caryl Churchill (1938– ) Amelia Howe Kritzer
  10. Shelagh Delaney (1939– ) Colette Lindroth
  11. David Edgar (1948– ) Art Borreca
  12. Michael Frayn (1933– ) Karen C. Blansfield
  13. Pam Gems (1925– ) Sarah J. Rudolph
  14. Simon Gray (1936– ) Tony J. Stafford
  15. Trevor Griffiths (1935– ) Stanton B. Garner, Jr.
  16. Christopher Hampton (1946– ) William J. Free
  17. David Hare (1947– ) Judy Lee Oliva
  18. Ann Jellicoe (1927– ) Janice Oliver
  19. Bernard Kops (1926– ) William Baker
  20. Liz Lochhead (1947– ) Ilona Koren-Deutsch
  21. John McGrath (1935– ) Malcolm Page
  22. Peter Nichols (1927– ) Kim L. Jones-Owen
  23. Joe Orton (1933–1967) Don S. Lawson
  24. John Osborne (1929–1994) Malcolm Page
  25. Louise Page (1955– ) Kurt Eisen
  26. Harold Pinter (1930– ) Stephen H. Gale
  27. Stephen Poliakoff (1952– ) William W. Demastes
  28. Willy Russell (1947– ) Chris Jones
  29. Peter Shaffer (1926– ) C. J. Gianakaris
  30. Tom Stoppard (1937– ) Richard Corballis
  31. David Storey (1933– ) William Hutchings
  32. C.P. Taylor (1929–1981) William W. Demastes
  33. Timberlake Wertenbaker (1944?– ) Carla J. McDonough
  34. Arnold Wesker (1932– ) Robert Wilcher
  35. Hugh Whitemore (1936– ) Walter H. Placzek
  36. John Whiting (1917–1963) Thomas T. Apple
  37. Snoo Wilson (1948– ) Dawn Dietrich
  38. Selected Bibliography
  39. Index of Names
  40. Index of Titles
  41. About the Editor and Contributors