… of more than 140 plays in detail (while … contemporary American playwriting and provides
helpful suggestions for further research. With Arthur Miller and Edward Albee American drama …

… of 25 American playwrights who have written plays after 1970. … plays were written, and the
state of modern American theatre … biographical sketches about each playwright, and are each …

… His publications on contemporary drama include two books and three edited or co-edited
collections, including The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights (2010). He …

… point for American theatre students … that contemporary American playwrights develop new
work across the United States and London. That so many of the plays described in this guide …

… is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights from the last 50 years whose
work has helped to shape and define Irish theatre. Written by a team of international scholars, …

… than 140 plays discussed, more than a third premiered in the 21 st century (vii), so that the
editors feel entitled to present their volume as a guide to “contemporary” American playwriting. …

… His publications on contemporary drama include two books and three edited or co-edited
collections, including The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights (2010). He …

… Methuen Drama imprints) with a significant US distribution focus. Yet I see this not merely
as a terminological issue: these claims are contributing to divisions (English/other) that many …

… of modern dramatists from the last hundred and more years. Whereas greater emphasis is
… to American dramatists with whom more students are more familiar, many playwrights from …

… -century American dramatists, he recently has turned to exploring drama on American
television. His most recent book is … Methuen Drama critical student edition of Miller’s A View from …