"The best review I've ever had was when Michael Billington said, 'like Balzac, David Edgar seems to be a secretary for our times'...I'd like to be a secretary for the times through which I'm living." (David Edgar) David Edgar is one of Britain's major political playwrights. He belongs to a generation of dramatists - which includes Howard Brenton, Trevor Griffiths and David Hare - who learned their craft in the Fringe theatres of the late sixties.
His best known plays have been written for the Royal National Theatre (including Albert Speer in 2000 and The Shape of the Table) and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Destiny; The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Nicholas Nickleby, Maydays and Pentecost). In this full-length study of Edgar's work, Susan Painter examines the social, political and theatrical context of Edgar's career in the theatre and provides a detailed analysis of the plays.
| ISBN: | 9780413699602 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 1996 |
| Author: | Susan Painter |
| Publisher: | Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Plays and Playwrights |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Plays, playscripts |
He belongs to a generation of dramatists - which includes Howard Brenton, Trevor Griffiths and David Hare - who learned their craft in the Fringe theatres of the late sixties. His best known plays have been written for the Royal National Theatre (including Albert Speer in 2000 and The Shape of the Table) and the Royal Shakespeare Company (Destiny; The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Nicholas Nickleby, Maydays and Pentecost).
Edgar The Playwright features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Plays, playscripts
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Edgar The Playwright was written by Susan Painter and published by Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edgar The Playwright has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Plays and Playwrights series