Fifty Modern and Contemporary Dramatists

Fifty Contemporary and Modern Dramatists presents a critical introduction to the work of some of the most important and influential playwrights from the 1950s to the present day. The figures chosen are among the most widely studied by students of drama and literature.

List of contents

Introduction KEY DRAMATISTS Timeline Index

About the author

John F. Deeney is Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Among his numerous publications he is co-editor, with Maggie B. Gale, of　The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism to Contemporary Performance.
Maggie B. Gale is Professor and Chair of Drama at the University of Manchester, UK. She is co-editor of the　Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists　series and co-editor, with John F. Deeney, of　The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism to Contemporary Performance.

Summary

Fifty Contemporary and Modern Dramatists presents a critical introduction to the work of some of the most important and influential playwrights from the 1950s to the present day. The figures chosen are among the most widely studied by students of drama and literature.

Product details

• Authors: Maggie (University of Manchester Gale
• Assisted by: John Deeney (Editor), Deeney John (Editor), Maggie Gale (Editor), Gale Maggie (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2014
• EAN: 9780415630368
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63036-8
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Key Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Performance, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights