Essential for students of theatre studies, this series of 6 decadal volumes provides a critical survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to the present. Each volume features a critical analysis of the work of four key playwrights from that decade together with an extensive commentary on the period.
The 90s volume provides a detailed study of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged: Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill and Philip Ridley.
As with other volumes in the series, it offers an analysis of some of its most important and representative plays and playwrights; provides the appropriate contextual information, and revisits each decade from the perspective of the twenty first century. Contents: 1. A chronological survey of the decade: the social, cultural and technological changes and the playwrights of the time. 2. The decade as it looked then: theatrical activity, political circumstances and historical context. 3. The four writers from their beginnings up to the start of the decade. 4. An analysis of their plays within the decade combined with a study of primary material such as early play drafts, interviews and critical receptions of the time. 5. A new interview with the writers, reflecting on the period and the plays under discussion. 6. An Afterword: what the writers went on to do next. 7. Select bibliographies
Edited by Aleks Sierz and with essays from three further leading scholars, this is an authoritative and stimulating reassessment of British playwriting in the 1990s.
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For all readers interested in the historical context and significant features of 1990s British theatre, this book provides vivid and comprehensive snapshots of the period and a concise introduction to its playwrights, theatre companies, theatres, funding bodies and preoccupations...a volume that is built upon wide-ranging knowledge and excellent research, is full of original ideas, and enthusiastically engages with Britains theatre history and culture through the 1990s and in so doing comprises an important introduction to 1990s theatre history and criticism. -- Louise LePage * Platform *
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A critical study of the theatre produced in the 1990s with an in-depth analysis of the work of four key playwrights from the decade.
General Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction: Living in the 1990s |
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Science, technology and industry |
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Heritage, culture and the Arts Council |
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Flagship theatres: West End, National and RSC |
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Off-West End and companies |
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Experimental, fringe and live art |
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Outside London: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland |
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The Fastest Clock in the Universe |
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Ghost from a Perfect Place |
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Mother Clap's Molly House |
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Philip Ridley: Vesper - a Monologue |
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Sarah Kane: Interview with Dan Rebellato |
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Anthony Neilson: In His Own Words |
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Mark Ravenhill: `A Tear in the Fabric' |
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Afterword |
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Notes |
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Select Bibliography |
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Index |
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Notes on Contributors |
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Dr Aleks Sierz is Visiting Professor at Rose Bruford College and author of The Theatre of Martin Crimp and Rewriting the Nation. Series editors: Richard Boon, Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds.