The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights

by Martin Middeke, Aleks Sierz (Editor), Peter Paul Schnierer

The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights who have risen to prominence since the 1980s. Written by an international team of scholars , it provides an illuminating survey and analysis of each writer's plays and will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary drama.

Among the many playwrights whose work is examined are Sarah Daniels, Terry Johnson, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, Simon Stephens, debbie tucker green, Tanika Gupta and Richard Bean.

Each essay features:
(1) a biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright, (2) a discussion of their most important plays, (3) an analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of British theatre, (4) a bibliography of texts and critical material.
With essays from twenty-five leading scholars of modern British drama this will prove an invigorating and trustworthy guide for all readers.

546 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Meral Karamuk Ugursan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book contains twenty-five contemporary British playwrights including Gregory Burke, Sarah Daniels and Sarah Kane. It's like a reference book as any reader could refer to. The playwrights mentioned in the book are who gave their first works after 1980. And, each chapter contains four-part, introduction talks about playwright's life, analysis of writer's works in chronical order, a summary of the playwright's particular contribution to British theatre and finally a bibliography of primary texts. I think it's quite a useful resource for those interested in theatre.

[Biblioteka Wydziału Neofilologii UW]

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