At the Sharp End : Uncovering the Work of Five Leading Dramatists.: Uncovering the Work of Five Leading Dramatists. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Billingham, Peter, 1953-
• Contents: Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 POINTING AT SHARP ENDS -- AN INTRODUCTION; Sharpening Up: Reading and Using At the Sharp End; 1956: Look Back in Nostalgia?; 2006: Looking Forward -- in Expectation?; Revisiting My Route; Time Zones; 2 DAVID EDGAR; Interview with David Edgar; Speaking in Tongues -- Politics, Race and Cultural Identity in the Plays of David Edgar; 3 DAVID GREIG; Interview with David Greig; Inhabitants of the Tide Mark: Towards a New Political Poetics in the Plays of David Greig; 4 MARK RAVENHILL; Interview with Mark Ravenhill. 'We all need stories so that we can get by' -- Sex, Shopping and Postmodern Politics in the Plays of Mark Ravenhill5 TIM ETCHELLS AND FORCED ENTERTAINMENT; Interview with Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment; Falling and Floating in Sheffield -- Drunks, Dancers and Late-night Bus Rides: Themes and Strategies in the Work of Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment; 6 TANIKA GUPTA; Interview with Tanika Gupta; Navigating a Journey Through a Fragile Land -- Themes in the Plays of Tanika Gupta; CONCLUSION: SHARPENING POINTS; A Short List of Recommended Further Reading and Indicative Websites.
• Publisher Details: London : Metheun Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (273 pages)
• Subjects: 822.91409; Literary Criticism -- Drama; Dramatists, English -- 20th century -- Interviews; English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Dramatists, English; English drama; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Interviews
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408147696; 1408147696; 9781408147702
• Related ISBNs: 140814770X
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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