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_q(paperback)
020 _a0713685077
_q(paperback)
035 _a(OCoLC)144596302
_z(OCoLC)154704087
040 _aUKM
_beng
_cUKM
_dBTCTA
_dYDXCP
_dBWKUK
_dBAKER
_dBAUN
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049 _aBAUN_MERKEZ
050 0 4 _aPR736
_b.B55 2007
082 0 4 _222
100 1 _aBillingham, Peter,
_d1953-
245 1 0 _aAt the sharp end :
_buncovering the work of five contemporary dramatists /
_cPeter Billingham
264 1 _aLondon :
_bMethuen Drama,
_c2007.
300 _aviii, 264 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-264)
505 0 0 _tTable Of Contents:
_tACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
_tI POINTING AT SHARP ENDS - AN INTRODUCTION
_t Sharpening Up: Reading and Using At the Sharp End
_t 1956: Look Back in Nostalgia?
_t 2006: Looking Forward — in Expectation?
_t Revisiting My Route
_t Time Zones
_t2 DAVID EDGAR
_t Interview with David Edgar
_t Speaking in Tongues — Politics, Race and Cultural Identity in the Plays of David Edgar
_t3 DAVID GREIG
_t Interview with David Greig
_t Inhabitants of the Tide Mark: Towards a New Political Poetics in the Plays of David Greig
_t4 MARK RAVENHILL
_t Interview with Mark Ravenhill
_t 'We all need stories so that we can get by' — Sex, Shopping and Postmodern Politics in the Plays of Mark Ravenhill
_t5 TIM ETCHELLS AND FORCED ENTERTAINMENT
_t Interview with Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment
_t Falling and Floating in Sheffield – Drunks, Dancers and Late-night Bus Rides: Themes and Strategies in the Work of Tim Etchells and Forced Entertainment
_t6 TANIKA GUPTA
_t Interview with Tanika Gupta
_t Navigating a Journey Through a Fragile Land –Themes in the Plays of Tanika Gupta
_tCONCLUSION: SHARPENING POINTS
_t A Short List of Recommended Further Reading and Indicative Websites
650 0 _aDramatists, English
_y20th century
_vInterviews
650 0 _aEnglish drama
_y20th century
_xHistory and criticism
900 _a31574
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_cKT
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