The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights
- ISBN-10
- 1408122782
- ISBN-13
- 9781408122785
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 520
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-10-17
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Authors
- Peter Paul Schnierer, Martin Middeke, Aleks Sierz
Description
This is an authoritative single-volume guide to the work of twenty-five British playwrights from the 1980s to the present written by an international team of twenty-five eminent scholars. It is the perfect companion for students of Theatre Studies and English Literature.
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