Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama'sDecades of Modern British Playwritingseries provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period .
The 1960s was a decade of seismic changes in British theatre as in society at large. This important new study in Methuen Drama'sDecades of Modern British Playwritingseries explores how theatre-makers responded to the changes in society. Together with a thorough survey of the theatrical activity of the decade it offers detailed reassessments of the work of four of the leading playwrights.
The 1960s volume provides in-depth studies of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to prominence:Edward Bond(by Steve Nicholson),John Arden(Bill McDonnell),Harold Pinter(Jamie Andrews) andAlan Ayckbourn(Frances Babbage). It examines their work then, its legacy today, and how critical consensus has changed over time.
Steve Nicholsonis Director of Drama within the English Department at the University of Sheffield, UK. Series editors: Richard Boon, Emeritus Professor of Drama, the University of Hull, UK, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds, UK.
Foreword by the General Editors Richard Boon (Emeritus, University of Hull) and Philip Roberts (Emeritus, University of Leeds)
Introduction: Living in the 1960s
Theatre in the 1960s
Introducing the Playwrights: John Arden; Edward Bond; Harold Pinter, and Alan Ayckbourn
John Arden (Bill McDonnell, University of Sheffield, UK)
Edward Bond (Steve Nicholson, University of Sheffield, UK)
Harold Pinter (Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts at the British Library)
Alan Ayckbournl
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