A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by José Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
21st-century English Drama
General
Dromgoole, Dominic. The Full Room: An A-Z of Contemporary Playwriting. London: Methuen, 2001.
Holdsworth, Nadine, and Mary Luckhurst, eds. A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama. Oxford: Blackwell, 2008.
Lane, David. Contemporary British Drama. (Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature). Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2010.*
Shank, Theodore. "The Multiplicity of British Theatre." In Contemporary British Theatre. London: Macmillan, 1996. 3-18.
Sierz, Aleks. Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today. Methuen Drama, 2011.
Sierz, Aleks, Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer, eds. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights. Methuen Drama, 2011.
Miscellaneous
Adebayo, Mojisola, and Valerie Mason-John. "'No Straight Answers': Writing in the Margins, Finding Lost Heroes." New Theatre Quarterly 25.1 (2009): 6-21.
Billingham, Peter. At the Sharp End: Uncovering the Work of Five Contemporary Dramatists. London: A&C Black, 2007. (Interviews with British dramatists).
Bly, Mark. "Pressing an Ear Against a Hive or New Play Explorations in the Twenty-First Century." Theatre Topics 13.1 (2003): 19-22.
Dadswell, Sarah. "What Is This Thing Called British Asian Theatre?" Contemporary Theatre Review 19.2 (2009): 221-6.
Edgar, David. "Unsteady States: Theories of Contemporary New Writing." Contemporary Theatre Review 15.3 (2005): 297-308.
_____. "The Playwright's Still the Thing." The Guardian (Comment Is Free) 29 Jan. 2015.*
2015
Feature Issue: "A Forum on Black Theatre: The Questions: What Is a Black Play? and/or What Is Playing Black?" Theatre Journal 57 (2005). 571-616.
Flintoff, Ian. "Bloody Poor Show." New Statesman 21 June 2004. (New British drama).
Forsyth, Alison, ed. Get Real: Documentary Theatre Past and Present. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Freeman, John. New Performance / New Writing. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Godiwala, Dimple. "Kali: Providing a Forum for British-Asian Women Playwrights." Studies in Theatre and Performance 26.1 (2006): 69-83.
Gottlieb, Vera. "Theatre Today—The 'New Realities'." Contemporary Theatre Review 13.2 (2003): 5-14.
Hammond, Will, and Dan Steward, eds. Verbatim Verbatim: Contemporary Documentary Theatre. London: Oberon, 2008.
Harvie, Jen. Staging the UK. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2005.
Helmer, Judith, and Florian Malzacher, eds. Not Even a Game Anymore: The Theatre of Forced Entertainment. Berlin: Alexander Verlag, 2004.
Hoby, Hermione. "Is British Theatre Booming?" The Observer 14 June 2009.
Hughes, Jenny. "Theatre, Performance, and the 'War on Terror': Ethical and Political Questions Arising from British Theatrical Response to War and Terrorism." Contemporary Theatre Review 17.2 (2007): 149-64.
Johnson, Robert. "New Theatres—New Writing?" New Theatre Quarterly 19.3 (2003): 286-90.
Kellaway, Kate. "Theatre of War." The Guardian (August 2004).
Kritzer, Amelia H. Political Theatre in Post-Thatcher Britain, 1995-2005. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Lane, David. "Introduction." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 1-23.*
_____. "Chapter 1: In-Yer-Face Theatre and Legacies of the New Writing Boom." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 24-57.* (Simon Stephens, Gregory Burke, Caryl Churchill).
_____. "Chapter 2: Verbatim Theatre—The Rise of a Political Voice." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 58-81.*
_____. "Chapter 3: Writing and Devising—The Call for Collaboration." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 82-107.* (David Eldridge, Bryony Lavery, Hidden City Festival, Cartoon de Salvo).
_____. "Chapter 4: Black and Asian Writers—A Question of Representation." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 108-32.*
_____. "Chapter 5: Theatre for Young People—Audiences of Today." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 133-56.* (Edward Bond, Fin Kennedy)
_____. "Chapter 6: Adaptation and Transposition—Reinterpreting the Past." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 157-87.* (Filter, Punchdrunk, Kneehigh, Northern Broadsides, Headlong Theatre).
_____. "Conclusion. Student resources." In Lane, Contemporary British Drama. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 188-215.*
Leach, Robert. "The Short, Astonishing History of the National Theatre of Scotland." New Teatre Quarterly 23.2 (2007): 171-83.
Ley, Graham, and Sarah Dadswell, eds. British South Asian Theatres: A Documented History. Exeter: U of Exeter P, forthcoming 2010.
Middeke, Martin, Peter Paul Schnierer and Aleks Sierz, eds. The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights. London: Bloomsbury-Methuen Drama, 2011.*
"New Writing: The TheatreVoice Debate." Theatre Voice 28 May 2009.
2009
Nickevic, Sanja. "British Brutalism, the 'New European Drama', and the Role of the Director." New Theatre Quarterly 21.3: 255-72.
Norton-Taylor, Richard. "Courtroom Drama." The Guardian 4 Nov. 2003.
Osborne, Deirdre. "Writing Black Back: An Overview of Black Theatre and Performance in Britain." In Alternatives within the Mainstream: British Black and Asian Theatres. Ed. Dimple Godiwala. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006. 82-100.
_____. "'Know Whence You Came': Dramatic Art and Black British Identity." New Theatre Quarterly 23.3 (2007): 253-63.
Parks, Suzan-Lori. "New Black Math." Theatre Journal 57 (2005): 576-83.
Phillips, Caryl. "Lost Generation." The Guardian 23 April 2005.
Rebellato, Dan. Theatre and Globalization. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Reid, Trish. "'From Scenes Like This, Old Scotia's Grandeur Springs': The New National Theatre of Scotland." Contemporary Theatre Review 17.2 (2007): 192-201.
Rutter, Barrie. "A National Narrative." Panel at All Together Now? British Theatre after Multiculturalism. Warwick U, 13-14 June 2009.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newwsandevents/audio/more/atn
2009
Schwanecke, Christine. "9. Conclusion: 'The Contextual Dynamics of Dramatic Storytelling' and the 'Performative Power of Narrative in British Plays'." In Schwanecke, A Narratology of Drama. Berlin and Boston: de Gruyter, 2022. 358- 78.* (Function of drama, British drama).
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724110
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110724110/html
2022
Scullion, Adrienne. "The Citizenship Debate and Theatre for Young People in Contemporary Scotland." New Theatre Quarterly 24.4 (2008): 379-93.
Sextou, Persephone. "Theatre in Education in Britain: Current Practice and Future Potential." New Theatre Quarterly 19.2 (2003): 177-88.
Sierz, Aleks. "Still In-Yer-Face? Towards a Critique and a Summation." New Theatre Quarterly 18.1 (2002). 17-24.
_____. "'Art Flourishes in Times of Struggle': Creativity, Funding and New Writing." Contemporary Theatre Review 13.1 (2003): 33-45.
_____. "'Big Ideas' for Big Stages, 2004." New Theatre Quarterly 21.1 (2004): 96-98.
_____. "'Me and My Mates': The State of English Playwriting, 2003." New Theatre Quarterly 20.1 (2004): 79-83.
_____. "Beyond Timidity? The State of British New Writing." PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 81 (2005). 55-61.
_____. "Can Old Forms Be Reinvigorated? Radical Populism and New Writing in British Theatre Today." Contemporary Theatre Review 16.3 (2006): 301-11.
_____. "New Writing 2006." Contemporary Theatre Review 16.3 (2006): 371-3.
_____. "Reality Sucks: The Slump in British New Writing." PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 89 (2008): 102-7.
Williams, Roy. "What Kind of England Do We Want?" New Theatre Quarterly 22.2 (2006): 113-21.
Wroe, Nicholas. "Courtroom Dramas." The Guardian 24 July 2004.
Audio
Bassett, Kate, et al. "Leading London Theatre Critics in the Spotlight." Audio debate. Backdoor Broadcasting Company 26 Feb. 2010.* (Kate Bassett, Lyn Gardner, Mark Shenton, Ian Shuttleworth).
http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2010/02/leading-london-theatre-critics-in-the-spotlight/
2014
Blogs
The Guardian Theatre Page and Blog
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatre
Shenton's View
http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/shenton
Theatre blog at the Guardian. (Andy Field)
Internet resources
British Theatre Guide
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info
Dramaturg's Network
In Yer Face Theatre
http://www.inyerface-theatre.com
Modern Theatre and Playwrights Online
National Theatre Platform Paper Transcripts
http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/8237/platforms/platform-transcripts.html
What's on Stage
YouTube (TheaterTalk).*
https://www.youtube.com/c/theatertalk/videos
2020
Journals
British Theatre Guide
See also: Edward Bond; Gregory Burke; David Hare; Kevin Spacey; Tom Stoppard; Richard Norton-Taylor; Mark Ravenhill; Simon Stephens
See also: Bartlett, Mike; Bean, Richard; Betts, Kate; Bhatti, Gurpreet; Blythe, Alecky; Brace, Adam; Brittain, Victoria; Cheeseman, Peter; Crimp, Martin; green, tucker; Harrower, David; Kwei-Armah, Kwame; Lenkiewicz, Rebecca; McDonagh, Martin; Mitchell, Katie; Neilson, Anthony; Neilson, Mark; Norton-Taylor, Richard; Soans, Robin; Stenham, Polly; Slovo, Gillian; Williams, Roy. (Dramatist, member of the "Monsterist" group); Craig, Ryan. (Dramatist, member of the "Monsterist" group); Bean, Richard. (Dramatist, member of the "Monsterist" group); Eldridge, David. (Dramatist, member of the "Monsterist" group);
Companies: 7.84; Cartoon de Salvo; Filter; Forced Entertainment; Frantic Assembly; Joint Stock; Kneehigh Theatre; Quarantine Theatre; Nitro; Red Ladder
