Six Contemporary Dramatists: Bennett, Potter, Gray, Brenton, Hare, Ayckbourn

by Duncan Wu

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. It demonstrates how the work of Alan Bennett, Dennis Potter, Simon Gray, Howard Brenton, David Hare and Alan Ayckbourn is essentially moral, and relates their aspirations to the British romantic tradition of the last century. At the same time, Duncan Wu explores how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349237205
• ISBN13: 9781349237203
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"