The Theatre of Martin Crimp [Paperback]

A guide to all of the plays of Martin Crimp.

For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of new writing for the British stage. His main stage plays include Dealing with Clair, The Treatment, Attempts on Her Life, The Country, andCruel and Tender, with his 1997 masterpiece, Attempts on Her Life,
arguably being one of the best plays of the past quarter century. By
the author of the landmark study of contemporary British drama, In-Yer-Face Theatre, this is the first study of Martin Crimp's work for stage and radio.

Arguing that Crimp is one of the most acute satirists of contemporary British society, Aleks Sierz provides an accessible and fascinating account of the playwright's work.
As well as an account of each of Crimp's plays and an analysis of his
oeuvre, the volume includes a wide-ranging interview with Crimp himself
and interviews with all the key directors responsible for staging his
work, including Sam Walters, Katie Mitchell, James Mcdonald and Lindsay
Posner.

For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of writing for the
British stage. This work is the study of Martin Crimp's work for stage
and radio. Arguing that he is one of the most acute satirists of
contemporary British society, it provides an account of the
playwright's work, as well as an account of each of Crimp's plays.

Aleks Sierzis the theatre critic ofTribuneand a freelance theatre reviewer. He is a lecturer in modern British theatre whose seminal study,In-Yer-Face Theatre, defined a new generation of writers and their work and went on to become a best-selling title.

A book that will be snapped up by fans of the playwright but will also have a ready market amongst academics, who are interested in the theatre and general readers who want to know more about one of our most singular theatrical practitioners. British Theatre Guide - January 07

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