Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780787646509
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0787646504
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 233
Content:
Peter Arnott (1962- ) -- Howard Barker (1946- ) -- Peter Barnes (1931- ) -- Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) -- Brendan Behan (1923-1964) --Robert Bolt (1924-1995) -- Wynyard Browne (1911-1964) -- Bill Bryden (1942- ) -- Stewart Conn (1936- ) -- Nick Darke (1948- ) -- Nigel Dennis (1912-1989) -- David Edgar (1948- ) -- Marcella Evaristi (1953- ) -- Peter Flannery (1951- ) -- John Godber (1956- ) -- Michael Hastings (1938- ) -- Dusty Hughes (1947- ) -- Debbie Isitt (1966- ) -- Ann Jellicoe (1927- ) -- Errol John (1924-1988) -- Terry Johnson (1955- ) -- Marie Jones (1955- ) -- Thomas Kilroy (1934- ) -- John McGrath (1935- ) -- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) -- Louise Page (1955- ) -- Dennis Potter (1935-1994) -- Billy Roche (1949- ) -- Willy Russell (1947- ) -- Peter Shaffer (1926- ) -- R.C. Sherriff (1896-1975) -- Tom Stoppard (1937- ) -- Ben Travers (1886-1980) -- Olwen Wymark (1934- ).
Content:
Embraces the work of writers working in theatrical traditions ranging from the classic well-made play to the most radical avant-garde pieces. This variety is indicative of the fact that this period is one of the most important in British drama, comparable to the late-Elizabethan/Jacobean and post-Restoration eras in terms of the quantity and quality of new work and surpassing both of them in the sheer variety of theatrical offerings
Note:
Original 381 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
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