Modern British Playwriting · The 1980s by Milling, Jane -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents General Preface Introduction to the 1980s

Domestic life Education Culture Media Science, technology and industry Political events

1 Theatre in the 1980s

Thinking about the recent past Institutions, policies and funding New writing and playwrights in the 1980s Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter Present pasts

2 Introducing the Playwrights

Crafting careers Howard Barker Jim Cartwright Sarah Daniels Timberlake Wertenbaker

3 Playwrights and Plays

Howard Barker by Sarah Goldingay

The two lives of a play The slippery Howard Barker Victory: Choices in Reaction (1983) The Castle: A Triumph (1985) The Last Supper: A New Testament (1988)

Jim Cartwright by David Lane

Career and context Commonalities in Cartwright Road: venue and programming Bed: process and collaboration Two: popular culture and performance Conclusion

Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling

The question of realism A laughing matter: issues, politics and comedy Masterpieces The Devil’s Gateway Neaptide Still laughing

Timberlake Wertenbaker by Sara Freeman

The moment: 1988 The plays: brisk sensuality The Grace of Mary Traverse Our Country’s Good Love of the Nightingale An assessment: interrogative affirmation

4 Documents

Howard Barker Jim Cartwright Sarah Daniels Timberlake Wertenbaker

Afterword

Making a name: critical reputations Howard Barker Jim Cartwright Sarah Daniels Timberlake Wertenbaker Other histories

Select Bibliography Notes Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors A Note on the Author in the same series from Methuen Drama eCopyright