1st Edition

The Second Wave (Routledge Revivals) British Drama for the Seventies

By John Russell Taylor Copyright 2014
242 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

In the 1970s the revolution that had swept the British theatre in the 1950s had already become accepted as the new establishment. Areas that had been previously regarded as remote ideals - including permanent repertory companies, a lively provincial theatre and an extensive spread of avant-garde and fringe theatrical activities - were now considered commonplace. In this title, first published in... Read more

Newer than New;  Peter Nichols;  David Mercer;  Charles Wood;  Edward Bond;  Tom Stoppard;  Peter Terson;  Joe Orton;  David Story;  Three Farceurs: Allan Ayckbourn,  David Gregan,  Simon Gray;  Three Social Realists:  John Hopkins, Alan Plater, Cecil P. Taylor;  The Legacy of Realism: William Corlett, Kevin Laffan, Christopher Hampton, Barry England, Anthony Shaffer, Robert Shaw, David Caute;  The Dark Fantastic: Peter Barnes, Colin Spencer, David Pinner, David Selbourne, David Hare, Roger Milner, David Halliwell, Howard Brenton, Heathcote Williams;  Epilogue;  Bibliography of Playscripts

Biography

Taylor, John Russell