The Bloomsbury Theatre Guide

A guide to contemporary theatre in the UK. It includes information about dramatists from Shakespeare to Sam Shepard, plays which are part of the current repertoire, theatre companies and influential practitioners and theorists. There are over 300 cross-referenced entries.

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The "Bloomsbury Theatre Guide" is a guide to what the theatre goer is likely to see in contemporary theatre. There are over 300 entries and they are cross-referenced. The book contains information about playrights from Ben Johnson and Shakespeare to Sam Shepard and Caryl Churchill. Biographical information and critical evaluations of plays which form part of the current repertoire are included. Details are also given of theatres and theatre companies with a recognizable stylistic or cultural emphasis, such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, the Theatre of Black Women and the Joint Stock Theatre Group. Trevor Griffiths is co-author of the Longman "Guide to Shakespeare Quotations". His involvement in practical theatre includes running Foco Novo Theatre Company.