TY  - BOOK
AU  - Billingham,Peter
TI  - At the sharp end: uncovering the work of five contemporary dramatists 
SN  - 9780713685077
AV  - PR736 .B55 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Methuen Drama
KW  - Dramatists, English
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Interviews
KW  - English drama
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264); Table Of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS			; I POINTING AT SHARP ENDS - AN INTRODUCTION			; 	Sharpening Up: Reading and Using At the Sharp End; 	1956: Look Back in Nostalgia?; 	2006: Looking Forward — in Expectation?; 	Revisiting My Route; 	Time Zones; 2 DAVID EDGAR			; 	Interview with David Edgar; 	Speaking in Tongues — Politics, Race and Cultural Identity in the Plays of David Edgar; 3 DAVID GREIG			; 	Interview with David Greig; 	Inhabitants of the Tide Mark: Towards a New Political Poetics in the Plays of David Greig; 4 MARK RAVENHILL			; 	Interview with Mark Ravenhill; 	'We all need stories so that we can get by' — Sex, Shopping and Postmodern Politics in the Plays of Mark Ravenhill; 5 TIM ETCHELLS AND FORCED ENTERTAINMENT			; 	Interview with Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment; 	Falling and Floating in Sheffield – Drunks, Dancers and Late-night Bus Rides: Themes and Strategies in the Work of Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment; 6 TANIKA GUPTA			; 	Interview with Tanika Gupta; 	Navigating a Journey Through a Fragile Land –Themes in the Plays of Tanika Gupta; CONCLUSION: SHARPENING POINTS			; 	A Short List of Recommended Further Reading and Indicative Websites
ER  -