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Zusatztext Briefly reviewed in the Year's work in English Studies journal! vol 89! No. 1 'Sierz not only brings us up to date with current critical debates and controversies about the play ... but also discusses notable recent productions of the play and includes useful extracts from new interviews with actors such as David Tennant! Michael Sheen and Emma Fielding' 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 alsoworks as a journalist, broadcaster, lecturer and theatre critic. Zusammenfassung "Look Back in Anger" is one of the few works of drama that are indisputably central to British culture in general, and its name is one of the most well-known in postwar cultural history. This guide provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the play, giving students an overview of the background and context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Preface1. Background and Context2. Analysis and Commentary 3. Production history4. Workshopping the Play 5. ConclusionTimeline 1945-60Further ReadingReferencesIndex
