Mike Bartlett

William C. Boles is the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Chair of English at Rollins College, USA.

• Acknowledgements PART I: Life, Career, Theories of Theatre 1 Mike Bartlett: An Introduction Biographical Information 2 Mike Bartlett: The Etch-a-Sketch Playwright The Audience The Language The Experience PART II: Key Plays 3 Institutional Expectations: Not Talking, My Child, and Cock Not Talking (2006): Societal Roles and Institutional Victimization My Child (2007): Morals or Money? Cock (2009): Challenging Definitions 4 Generational Crises: Earthquakes in London; Love, Love, Love; Albion; and Snowflake Earthquakes in London (2010): Weathering the Family Love, Love, Love (2010): Carrying That Familial Weight, a Long Time Albion (2017): Audrey’s Influence Snowflake (2018): A Christmas Brexit Play 5 Bully for Business: The Bartlett Workplace – Contractions, Bull, Sticks and Stones, and Press Contractions (2008): Knowing the Employee’s Business Bull (2013): Destroying the Employee Sticks and Stones (2019): The Bullying Will Now Be Televised Press (2018): Bully for the Fourth Estate 6 Doctor Medea: The Cultural Phenomenon – Medea, Doctor Foster, and Life Medea of the Suburbs Doctor Foster (2015): Re-Envisioning Medea Life (2020): A Revisiting PART III: Key Productions 7 Directing and Performing Bull (2013) 8 King Charles III: From Stage to Screen The Backstory Two Editing Choices: Language and Characters The Women of King Charles III: Kate, Diana, and Jess Coda: A King Is Crowned Appendix 1 A Conversation With Adam James Appendix 2 A Conversation With Victoria Hamilton Appendix 3 A Conversation With Rachael Stirling Appendix 4 A Conversation With Mike Bartlett Index