Making Plays Interviews with Contemporary British Dramatists and the
Making Plays explores great drama of the last two decades through the eyes of those who write it, and those who direct it. It is at once a masterclass on theatrical technique and a unique insight into the ways in which great dramatists of our time have re
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Also by Duncan Wu WORDSWORTH'S READING 1770-1815 (2 volumes) ROMANTICISM: An Anthology WORDSWORTH: A Selection of his Finest Poems (co-editor with Stephen Gill) SIX CONTEMPORARY DRAMATISTS: Bennett, Potter, Gray, Brenton, Hare, Ayckbourn ROMANTICISM: A Critical Reader WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: The Five-Book Prelude WOMEN ROMANTIC POETS: An Anthology A COMPANION TO ROMANTICISM WILLIAM HAZLI1T: THE PLAIN SPEAKER: The Key Essays THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT (9 volumes)
Making Plays Interviews with Contemporary British Dramatists and their Directors Introduced, Interviewed and Edited by
Duncan Wu
University Lecturer in Romantic Studies St Catherine's College Oxford
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Contents List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
vii
Introduction
1
Howard Brenton, Bloody Poetry (1984-88) Max Stafford-Clark
53
Alan Bennett, The Madness of George III (1991) Nicholas Hytner
75 99
13
David Edgar, Pentecost (1994) Michael Attenborough
112 148
David Hare, Amy's View (1997) Richard Eyre
167 199
Michael Frayn, Copenhagen (1998) Michael Blakemore
209 232
Appendix 1: Howard Brenton's Programme Note for '3 Plays for Utopia: A Howard Brenton Season' (1988)
251
Appendix II: David Hare's Programme Note to Shaw's Heartbreak House (1997)
253
Bibliography
256
Index
260
List of Illustrations A photograph of each writer and director is printed at the beginning of the interview. Photographer credits: Donald Cooper (photographs of