British Playwrights, 1956-1995: A Research and Production Sourcebook

This reference study chronicles the history of British theatre from 1956 to 1995, by providing extensive information about the playrights of that period. The year 1956 marked a point when British drama and theatre fell into the hands of a group of young playwrights who revolutionized the stage. Playwrights, such as Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter made the British theatre as rich, varied and significant as any National theatre in history. This includes entries for some three dozen British playwrights, arranged alphabetically to facilitate use. Each entry supplies biographical information, the production history for particular plays, a survey of the playwrights critical reception, an assessment of the dramatist’s work and primary and secondary bibliographies. A selected bibliography at the end of the volume, directs the reader to important sources of additional information about this period in theatre history.