Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s

Dr Aleks Sierz is Visiting Professor at Rose Bruford College and author of The Theatre of Martin Crimp and Rewriting the Nation. Series editors: Richard Boon, Emeritus Professor of Drama, the University of Hull, UK, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds, UK.

• General Preface (Richard Boon and Philip Roberts)Introduction: Living in the Nineties (a chronological survey of the decade; the social, cultural and technological changes)Chapter 1. Theatre in the 1990s Chapter 2. Playwrights and Plays: Philip Ridley (by Aleks Sierz); Sarah Kane (Catherine Rees); Anthony Neilson (Trish Reid); Mark Ravenhill (Graham Saunders). Chapter 3. Documents and InterviewsChapter 4. AfterwordSelect Bibliography

For all readers interested in the historical context and significant features of 1990s British theatre, this book provides vivid and comprehensive snapshots of the period and a concise introduction to its playwrights, theatre companies, theatres, funding bodies and preoccupations...a volume that is built upon wide-ranging knowledge and excellent research, is full of original ideas, and enthusiastically engages with Britain’s theatre history and culture through the 1990s and in so doing comprises an important introduction to 1990s theatre history and criticism.