`A most illuminating study.' - John Bayley Six Contemporary Dramatists explores, in a straightforward manner, the central concerns of six of the most important contemporary dramatists.
Acknowledgements - Permissions - Preface to the 1996 Reprint: Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, David Hare's Skylight, David Edgar's Pentecost - Introduction: Intangible Commodities - Alan Bennett: Anarchists of the Spirt - Dennis Potter: The Angel in Us - Simon Gray: Numbness of the Heart - Howard Brenton: Romantic Retreats - David Hare: A Milder Day - Alan Ayckbourn: Beyond Romanticism - Epilogue - Appendix: An Interview with Alan Ayckbourn - Notes and References - Bibliography - Index
William Wordsworth, Stephen Gill, Duncan Wu, Oxford) Gill, Stephen (Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford; and Fellow, Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford; and Fellow, Lincoln College, Georgetown University) Wu, Duncan (Professor of English, Professor of English
Eric B. Kraus, Joost A. Businger, University of Miami) Kraus, Eric B. (Emeritus Professor of Meterology and Physical Oceanography, Emeritus Professor of Meterology and Physical Oceanography, University of Washington) Businger, Joost A. (Professor, Professor, E. B. Kraus