British and Irish Drama since 1960

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - 'The Absolute Absence of the Absolute': the Theory and Practice of Samuel Beckett's Drama; J.Acheson - Pinter and the Pinteresque; J.Fletcher - Revitalised Ritual and Theatrical Flair: the Plays of Peter Shaffer; W.Hutchings - Mirrors of Utopia: Caryl Churchill and Joint Stock; F.Gray - Casting the Audience: Theatricality in the Stage Plays of Peter Nichols; A.Parkin - Translations of History: Story-telling in Brian Friel's Theatre; K.Worth - Tom Murphy: Acts of Faith in a Godless World; R.A.Cave - Edward Bond: a Political Education; A.Jenkins - Stoppard's Theatre of Unknowing; M.A.Doll - Making History: the Plays of Howard Brenton; H.Zeifman - Forgiving History and Making New Worlds: Timberlake Wertenbaker's Recent Drama; A.Wilson - Freedom and Form in David Hare's Drama; J.Gindin - Honouring the Audience: the Theatre of Howard Barker; R.Wilcher - The Plays of Pam Gems: Personal/Political/Personal; K.H.Burkman - Postmodern Classics: the Verse Drama of Tony Harrison; R.Huk - Index