British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313287596)

The year 1956 marked a point when British drama and theater fell into the hands of a group of young playwrights who revolutionized the stage. During that time, playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter made the British theater as rich, varied, and vital as any national theater in history. This reference chronicles the history of British theater from 1956 to 1995 by providing detailed information about the playwrights of that period.

Included are entries for some three dozen British playwrights active between 1956 and 1995. Entries are arranged alphabetically to facilitate use. Each entry supplies biographical information, the production history for particular plays, a survey of the playwright's critical reception, an assessment of the dramatist's work, and primary and secondary bibliographies. A selected, general bibliography at the end of the volume directs the reader to important sources of additional information about this period in theater history.

Author: William W. Demastes
ISBN-10: 0313287597
ISBN-13: 9780313287596
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 10/23/1996
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.36w x 1.13d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/1997 pg. 884