Anglo-American Interplay in Recent Drama [Paperback]

An examination of six pairs of English and American playwrights.The notion of a contemporary cross-cultural exchange within the medium of theatre is here imposed upon a dozen contemporary dramatists: Alan Ayckbourn and Neil Simon, Edward Bond and Sam Shepard, David Mamet and Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill and Maria Irene Fornès, David Hare and David Rabe, Christopher Hampton and Richard Nelson. In each pairing, Ruby Cohn unites a British with an American playwright, exploring similarities both apparent and embeddedNsimilarities which serve as a springboard for the exposure of a more profound, a culturally based difference. A transatlantic double focus thus illuminates both the composition and the interpretation of dramatic works in an increasingly globally-minded age.The notion of a contemporary cross-cultural exchange within the medium of theatre is here imposed upon a dozen contemporary dramatists: Alan Ayckbourn and Neil Simon, Edward Bond and Sam Shepard, David Mamet and Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill and Maria Irene Fornès, David Hare and David Rabe, Christopher Hampton and Richard Nelson. In each pairing, Ruby Cohn unites a British with an American playwright, exploring similarities both apparent and embeddedNsimilarities which serve as a springboard for the exposure of a more profound, a culturally based difference. A transatlantic double focus thus illuminates both the composition and the interpretation of dramatic works in an increasingly globally-minded age.The notion of a contemporary cross-cultural exchange within the medium of theater is here imposed on a dozen contemporary Anglo-American dramatists: Alan Ayckbourn and Neil Simon, Edward Bond and Sam Shepard, David Mamet and Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill and Maria Irene Fornès, David Hare and David Rabe, Christopher Hampton and Richard Nelson. In each pairing, Ruby Cohn unites a British with an American playwright, exploring similarities that serve as a springboard for lƒ}