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Zusatztext As a theatre studies teacher, this book is a relative breath of fresh air and may make you exclaim: 'Yes at last, someone is writing about contemporary plays, playwrights and performances!'...The beauty of this book is that it gives some of the theory behind the shift in the writing: giving us a social, cultural and political context...In order to understand the context behind new writing, this book is a must read! Informationen zum Autor Aleks Sierz is the theatre critic of Tribune and 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. In 2006 Methuen Drama published his guide, The Theatre of Martin Crimp , which was followed up by 2012's Modern British Playwriting: the 1990s . Sierz's journalism has featured in the Sunday Times , the Daily Telegraph and the Independent . He is a widely read, highly regarded critic of modern British theatre. Aleks Sierz FRSA is Visiting Professor at Rose Bruford College, London, UK, and author of In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today (Faber, 2001), John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Continuum, 2008), Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today (Methuen Drama, 2011) and Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s (Methuen Drama 2012). He also works as a journalist, broadcaster, lecturer and theatre critic. Klappentext The first book to examine the main theatres and key plays produced since the turn of the century. Vorwort A perfect companion to British theatre from 2000-2010 that examines the burgeoning 'new writing' system, provides a study of the principle theatres associated with it and explores in themed chapters the key concerns being addressed by the main playwrights who have gained acclaim in the last ten years. Zusammenfassung A perfect companion to British theatre from 2000-2010 that examines the burgeoning 'new writing' system, provides a study of the principle theatres associated with it and explores in themed chapters the key concerns being addressed by the main playwrights who have gained acclaim in the last ten years....