Book Series
Studies in Modern Drama
New & Published Titles:
Mama Dada
Gertrude Stein's Avant-Garde Theatre
Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. It explores her development of… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97723-4 (Routledge)
The Art of Crime
The Plays and Film of Harold Pinter and David Mamet
This collection of 15 original essays, assembled by renowned Mamet and Pinter scholar Leslie Kane, examines the pervasiveness of crime and criminality in the plays… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96830-0 (Routledge)
Captive Audience
Prison and Captivity in Contemporary Theatre
Beginning with a brief essay by internationally renowned playwright Harold Pinter, Captive Audience examines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural problems of incarceration as explored… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96580-4 (Routledge)
The Playwright's Muse
August Wilson penned his first play after seeing a man shot to death. Horton Foote began writing plays to create parts for himself as… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3780-5 (Routledge)
Peering Behind the Curtain
Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre
This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-92997-4 (Routledge)
John Osborne
Vituperative Artist
For British playwright, John Osborne, there are no brave causes; only people who muddle through life, who hurt, and are often hurt in return. This… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2201-6 (Routledge)
Alan Bennett
A Critical Introduction
Alan Bennett is perhaps best known in the UK for the BBC production of his Talking Heads TV plays, while the rest of the world… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3540-5 (Routledge)
The Pinter Ethic
The Erotic Aesthetic
The only comprehensive guide to the plays of one of the world's greatest yet most puzzling contemporary dramatists, The Pinter Ethic penetrates the mystery of… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3886-4 (Routledge)
Reading Stephen Sondheim
A Collection of Critical Essays
Stephen Sondheim is arguably the most important writer for the American musical stage today, the equivalent in his field of Miller, Albee, O'Neill, and Williams.… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3768-3 (Routledge)
Forthcoming Titles:
Contemporary British Theatre: The New Left and After
By Meenakshi Ponnuswami
To be published December 31st 2008