• ISBN13: 9781408129579
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publisher Imprint: MethuenDra
• Publication Date: March 15, 2012
• Pages: 352
• Original Price: GBP 26.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 386 grams

About the Book Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period . <p/>The 1960s was a decade of seismic changes in British theatre as in society at large. This important new study in Methuen Drama's Decades of Modern British Playwriting series explores how theatre-makers responded to the changes in society. Together with a thorough survey of the theatrical activity of the decade it offers detailed reassessments of the work of four of the leading playwrights. <p/>The 1960s volume provides in-depth studies of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to prominence: Edward Bond </b>(by Steve Nicholson), John Arden </b>(Bill McDonnell), Harold Pinter </b>(Jamie Andrews) and Alan Ayckbourn </b>(Frances Babbage). It examines their work then, its legacy today, and how critical consensus has changed over time.