Contemporary English drama - ed.; Bigsby, C. W. E. (New York : Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1981)
The language of crisis in British theatre / C.W.E. Bigsby -- Whatever happened to John Osborne? / Arnold P. Hinchliffe -- Articulacy and awareness : the modulation of familiar themes in Wesker's plays of the 70s / Glenda Leeming -- Harold Pinter's idiom of lies / Guido Almansi -- Joe Orton : the comedy of (ill) manners / Martin Esslin -- Tom Stoppard : light drama and dirges in marriage / Ruby Cohn -- Edward Bond's Dramatic strategies / Jenny S. Spencer -- The Court and its favours / Julian Hilton -- Three socialist playwrights: John McGrath, Caryl Churchill, Trevor Griffiths / Christian W. Thomsen -- Art and commerce : the new drama in the West End marketplace / John Russell Taylor.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism