Research Catalog

Title

Modern British playwriting. The 1990s : voices, documents, new interpretations / Aleks Sierz.

Author

Sierz, Aleks.

Publication

London : Methuen Drama, 2012.

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Details

Description

ix, 277 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

This volume provides a detailed study by four scholars of the work of four of the major playwrights who emerged and had a significant impact on British theatre: Sarah Kane, Anthony Neilson, Mark Ravenhill, and Philip Ridley.

Series Statement

Decades of modern British playwriting

Uniform Title

Decades of modern British playwriting.

Subject

• Kane, Sarah, 1971-1999 > Criticism and interpretation
• Neilson, Anthony > Criticism and interpretation
• Ravenhill, Mark > Criticism and interpretation
• Ridley, Philip > Criticism and interpretation
• 1900-1999
• English drama > 20th century > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Background -- Everyday life -- Education -- Media -- Culture -- Science, technology and industry -- Politics -- 1.Theatre in the 1990s -- Background -- Heritage, culture and the Arts Council -- Flagship theatres: West End, National and RSC -- Off-West End and companies -- New writing -- Experimental, fringe and live art -- Outside London: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- Conclusion -- 2.Playwrights and Plays -- Philip Ridley / Aleks Sierz -- Introduction -- The Pitchfork Disney -- The Fastest Clock in the Universe -- Ghost from a Perfect Place -- Conclusion -- Sarah Kane / Catherine Rees -- Introduction -- Blasted -- Cleansed -- 4.48 Psychosis -- Conclusion -- Anthony Neilson / Trish Reid -- Introduction -- Normal -- Penetrator -- The Censor -- Conclusion -- Mark Ravenhill / Graham Saunders -- Introduction -- Shopping and Fucking -- Some Explicit Polaroids -- Mother Clap's Molly House -- Conclusion -- 3.Documents -- Philip Ridley: Vesper -- a Monologue -- Sarah Kane: Interview with Dan Rebellato -- Anthony Neilson: In His Own Words -- Mark Ravenhill: `A Tear in the Fabric'.

ISBN

• 9781408129265 (pbk.)
• 1408129264 (pbk.)
• 9781408181331 (hbk.)
• 1408181339 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2012451212

OCLC

• 793894602
• SCSB-10873764

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library