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Author:   Prof. Martin Middeke (University of Augsburg, Germany) ,  Dr. Peter Paul Schnierer (University of Heidelberg, Germany) ,  Aleks Sierz (Author, Freelance arts journalist, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9781408122785

ISBN 10:   1408122782
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   17 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1. TERRY JOHNSON (Stephen Lacey - Cardiff, UK) 2. SARAH DANIELS (Nicole Boireau - Metz, France) 3. MARTIN CRIMP (Martin Middeke - Augsburg, Germany) 4. JIM CARTWRIGHT (Anette Pankratz - Bochum, Germany) 5. KEVIN ELYOT (Christina Wald - Augsburg, Germany) 6. APRIL DE ANGELIS (Rebecca D'Monte - Bristol, UK) 7. WINSOME PINNOCK (Elizabeth Sakellaridou - Thessaloniki, Greece) 8. JONATHAN HARVEY (Peter Paul Schnierer - Heidelberg, Germany) 9. PHILIP RIDLEY (Dan Rebellato - Royal Holloway, UK) 10. DAVID GREIG (Janelle Reinelt - Warwick, UK) 11. ANTHONY NEILSON (John Bull - Reading, UK) 12. JOE PENHALL (Margarete Rubik - Vienna, Austria) 13. SARAH KANE (Ken Urban - Harvard, USA) 14. DAVID ELDRIDGE (Graham Saunders - Reading, UK) 15. MARK RAVENHILL (Caridad Svich - New York, USA) 16. JEZ BUTTERWORTH (Aleks Sierz - London, UK) 17. DAVID HARROWER (Clare Wallace - Prague, Czech Republic) 18. TANIKA GUPTA (Gabriele Griffin - York, UK) 19. SHELAGH STEPHENSON (Peter Billingham - Portsmouth, UK) 20. ROY WILLIAMS (Deidre Osborne - Goldsmiths, UK) 21. GREGORY BURKE (David Pattie - Chester, UK) 22. SIMON STEPHENS (Christopher Innes - Toronto, Canada) 23. RICHARD BEAN (Eckart Voigts-Virchow - Siegen, Germany) 24. debbie tucker green (Elaine Aston - Lancaster, UK) 25. KWAME KWEI-ARMAH (Lynette Goddard - Royal Holloway, UK) CONCLUSION

Reviews

This book offers a rigorous, but accessible way of rectifying that lack [of young people's knowledge of the oeuvre and philosophy of British playwrights]. The introduction offers as good a succint overview of theatrical developments and new writing in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s as I've read anywhere...And any book which includes language such as revelling in staccato Mametian rhythms and Pinteresque menace gets my vote for verbal imaginativeness and refusal to dumb down. -- Susan Elkin Teaching Drama

This book offers a rigorous, but accessible way of rectifying that lack [of young people's knowledge of the oeuvre and philosophy of British playwrights]. The introduction offers as good a succint overview of theatrical developments and new writing in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s as I've read anywhere...And any book which includes language such as revelling in staccato Mametian rhythms and Pinteresque menace gets my vote for verbal imaginativeness and refusal to dumb down. -- Susan Elkin Teaching Drama This substantial volume really lives up to the promise of its title - it is indeed an extremely helpful 'guide' in the best sense of the word, offering both an overview of its subject and very specific information on individual playwrights and playtexts and proving useful to newcomers to the field and specialists alike. Anglia: Journal of English Philology (2012) This makes for a highly informative compendium of biographies and critiques, and a coherent and timely statement on the formidable and continuing strength of British playwriting. -- Garry Lyons Theatre Research International

This book offers a rigorous, but accessible way of rectifying that lack [of young people's knowledge of the oeuvre and philosophy of British playwrights]. The introduction offers as good a succint overview of theatrical developments and new writing in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s as I've read anywhere...And any book which includes language such as revelling in staccato Mametian rhythms and Pinteresque menace gets my vote for verbal imaginativeness and refusal to dumb down. -- Susan Elkin Teaching Drama This substantial volume really lives up to the promise of its title - it is indeed an extremely helpful 'guide' in the best sense of the word, offering both an overview of its subject and very specific information on individual playwrights and playtexts and proving useful to newcomers to the field and specialists alike. Anglia: Journal of English Philology (2012)

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Professor Martin Middeke is Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg and Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. Professor Peter Paul Schnierer is Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Dr Aleks Sierz is the author of The Theatre of Martin Crimp and Rewriting the Nation.

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