The Full Room, An A-Z of Contemporary Playwriting

by Dromgoole, Dominic

• ISBN13: 9780413771346
• ISBN10: 0413771342
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-09
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Summary

Now out in paperback, this highly personal and comprehensive survey of contemporary drama which celebrates the plays and playwrights at the forefront of theatre todayAll the way from A-Z, Dromgoole's engaging and provocative short essays include his thoughts on Sebastian Barry, Edward Bond, April de Angelis, Pam Gems, David Hare, Sarah Kane, Martin McDonagh, Conor McPherson, Harold Pinter, Mark Ravenhill, and many, many more. Intelligent, partisan, enthusiastic and always illuminating, this is an insider's guide to the key shapers of theatre over the last decade, and essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary theatre. This edition includes a new afterword."We are living in the middle of a carnival, a free festival, a fete, a flower show, a harvest home, a steam fair, a rock festival, a grand glorious tender wild burst of new plays." Dominic Dromgoole

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Sam Adamson	1	(2)
John Arden	3	(2)
David Ashton	5	(3)
Alan Ayckbourn	8	(3)
Biyi Bandele	11	(2)
Howard Barker	13	(3)
Sebastian Barry	16	(4)
Alan Bennett	20	(2)
Simon Bent	22	(3)
Steven Berkoff	25	(3)
Simon Block	28	(2)
Edward Bond	30	(4)
Howard Brenton	34	(5)
Lesley Bruce	39	(2)
Jez Butterworth	41	(3)
Richard Cameron	44	(4)
Marina Carr	48	(1)
Jim Cartwright	49	(3)
Caryl Churchill	52	(3)
Jane Coles	55	(2)
Ray Cooney	57	(1)
Lucinda Coxon	58	(3)
Martin Crimp	61	(3)
Mike Cullen	64	(2)
Kate Dean	66	(2)
April De Angelis	68	(3)
David Edgar	71	(6)
Helen Edmunson	77	(2)
David Eldridge	79	(2)
Ben Elton	81	(2)
Kevin Elyot	83	(2)
Peter Flannery	85	(2)
Brad Fraser	87	(1)
Michael Frayn	88	(3)
Brian Friel	91	(1)
Christopher Fry	92	(2)
Athol Fugard	94	(2)
William Ganimara	96	(1)
Lucy Gannon	97	(2)
Pam Gems	99	(2)
Peter Gill	101	(3)
John Godber	104	(2)
Murray Gold	106	(4)
Simon Gray	110	(3)
Trevor Griffiths	113	(4)
Nick Grosso	117	(2)
John Guare	119	(2)
Lee Hall	121	(2)
Christopher Hampton	123	(2)
Chris Hannan	125	(3)
David Hare	128	(6)
Tony Harrison	134	(2)
David Harrower	136	(4)
Jonathan Harvey	140	(5)
Robert Holman	145	(3)
Declan Hughes	148	(3)
Catherine Johnson	151	(3)
Judith Johnson	154	(1)
Terry Johnson	155	(4)
Charlotte Jones	159	(2)
Sarah Kane	161	(5)
Charlotte Keatley	166	(2)
Barrie Keefe	168	(2)
Franz Xavier Kroetz	170	(3)
Tony Kushner	173	(2)
Tracy Letts	175	(3)
Doug Lucie	178	(2)
Roy MacGregor	180	(4)
Frank MacGuinness	184	(2)
Conor McPherson	186	(4)
David Mamet	190	(3)
Patrick Marber	193	(4)
Martin McDonagh	197	(4)
Arthur Miller	201	(3)
Adrian Mitchell	204	(2)
Gary Mitchell	206	(2)
John Mortimer	208	(1)
Gregory Motton	209	(2)
Jimmy Murphy	211	(1)
Tom Murphy	212	(2)
Phyllis Nagy	214	(1)
Anthony Neilson	215	(3)
Tamsin Oglesby	218	(1)
John Osborne	219	(2)
Joe Penhall	221	(2)
Winsome Pinnock	223	(2)
Harold Pinter	225	(4)
Stephen Poliakoff	229	(2)
David Rabe	231	(4)
Mark Ravenhill	235	(4)
Yasmina Reza	239	(1)
Philip Ridley	240	(2)
Billy Roche	242	(4)
Peter Shaffer	246	(2)
Sam Shepard	248	(3)
Jack Shepherd	251	(1)
Shelagh Stephenson	252	(2)
James Stock	254	(3)
Tom Stoppard	257	(5)
David Storey	262	(7)
Judith Thompson	269	(1)
Naomi Wallace	270	(3)
Nick Ward	273	(3)
Keith Waterhouse	276	(1)
Irvine Welsh	277	(4)
Arnold Wesker	281	(3)
Peter Whelan	284	(2)
August Wilson	286	(2)
Snoo Wilson	288	(3)
Charles Wood	291	(4)
Nick Wright	295	(3)
Richard Zajdlic	298	(2)
Afterword to the 2002 edition	300