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This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of contemporary British playwrights, written by subject experts.
This book gives a comprehensive account of recent scholarship on English plays and playwrights, exclusive of Shakespeare. It includes plays and playwrights of both popular and private theaters for the time period from 1616 to 1642. -- from Book Jacket.
Fifty Modern and Contemporary and Dramatists is a critical introduction to the work of some of the most important and influential playwrights from the 1950s to the present day. The figures chosen are among the most widely studied by students of drama, theatre and literature and include such celebrated writers as: • Samuel Beckett • Caryl Churchill • Anna Deavere Smith • Jean Genet • Sarah Kane • Heiner Müller • Arthur Miller • Harold Pinter • Sam Shephard Each short essay is written by one of an international team of academic experts and offers a detailed analysis of the playwright’s key works and career. The introduction provides an historical and theatrical context to the volume, which provides an invaluable overview of modern and contemporary drama.
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A brief but sweeping history and critical appraisal, from medieval times to the twentieth century.