Missing the Point

In his long and distinguished career as a writer, John Elsom has worked for Paramount Pictures, the BBC and the US magazine The World & I. He has also broadcast widely and taught in universities in Britain and the US. His other publications include Theatre Outside London, The History of the National Theatre, Erotic Theatre, Post-War British Theatre Criticism, Cold War Theatre and Is Shakespeare Still Our Contemporary? His play The Well-Intentioned Builder is currently running in repetoire at the National Theatre of Craiova.

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