Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights

Professor Martin Middeke is Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany, Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg and editor of the publications from the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English. Professor Peter Paul Schnierer is Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

• INTRODUCTION 1 SEBASTIAN BARRY Jurgen Wehrmann 2 DERMOT BOLGER Christina Wald 3 MARINA CARR Aleks Sierz 4 ANNE DEVLIN Enrica Cerquoni 5 EMMA DONOGHUE Catherine Leeney 6 BRIAN FRIEL Nicholas Grene 7 MARIE JONES Catrin Siedenbiedal 8 JOHN B. KEANE Jurgen Kamm 9 THOMAS KILROY Anthony Roche 10 HUGH LEONARD Emilie Pine 11 MARTIN LYNCH Tom Maguire 12 OWEN MCCAFFERTY Mark Phelan 13 MARTIN MCDONAGH Martin Middeke 14 FRANK MCGUINNESS Eamonn Jordan 15 TOM MACINTYRE Daniel Shea 16 CONOR MCPHERSON Clare Wallace 17 GARY MITCHELL Paul Devlin 18 TOM MURPHY Gerold Sedlmayr 19 DONAL O'KELLY Patrick Lonergan 20 MARK O'ROWE Michael Raab 21 STEWART PARKER Eberhard Bort 22 CHRISTINA REID Christian Grose 23 GRAHAM REID Jochen Achilles 24 BILLY ROCHE Peter Paul Schnierer 25 ENDA WALSH Lisa Fitzpatrick INDEX

'...enlightening essays...commendably well-researched.' The Stage (July 2010) 'useful guide..each entry includes overviews of the writer's life and work, analysis of significant plays, and suggestions for further reading.' Plays International (October 2010)