At the sharp end; uncovering the work of five contemporary dramatists.

9780713685077

At the sharp end; uncovering the work of five contemporary dramatists.

Billingham, Peter.

Methuen

2007

264 pages

$15.95

Paperback

PR736

What is the purpose of British drama today? Billingham (drama and performance, U. of Portsmouth, UK) explores this question through extended conversations with five contemporary British playwrights and adds accompanying critical essays. The interviewees were chosen for their engagement with key issues of British theater and in order to include alternative perspectives of sexuality and gender, race and multiculturalism, left and post-modern/post-Marxist politics, new national identities, and new aesthetics and genre. The writers included are David Edgar, David Greig, Mark Ravenhill, Tim Etchells, and Tanika Gupta.

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