Pre-War British DramaChapter 1 Pre-War British Drama 2
Chapter 2 George Bernard Shaw:Pygmalion 6
Chapter 3 John Millington Synge:The Tinker's Wedding 34
"New drama"and the First WaveChapter 4 Post-1956"New Drama"and the First Wave 56
Chapter 5 John Osborne:Look Back in Anger 67
Chapter 6 Arnold Wesker:Chicken Soup with Barley 93
Chapter 7 Edward Bond:Lear 124
Chapter 8 Harold Pinter:The Dumb Waiter 159
The Second WaveChapter 9 The Second Wave of Post-war British Drama 194
Chapter 10 Tom Stoppard:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 199
Chapter 11 Howard Brenten:The Romans in Britain 252
Chapter 12 David Hare:Skylight 292
Women DramatistsChapter 13 Women Dramatists after 1970s and Alternative Theatres 329
Chapter 14 Caryl Churchill:Vinegar Tom 334
Chapter 15 Sarah Kane:Blasted 365
Selective Bibiliography 394