Product Description

The book contains conversations with over thirty celebrated playwrights whose work has been produced at the Royal Court; from John Arden, whose first Court play was staged in 1957, to the young writer Simon Farquhar, whose premiere production is programmed for 2006. The exciting list of writers includes Sebastian Barry, Richard Bean, Martin Crimp, Anne Jellicoe, Terry Johnson, Hanif Kureishi, Conor McPherson, David Storey, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Arnold Wesker and Snoo Wilson. Concluding the volume is an interview with Graham Whybrow, Literary Manager of the Royal Court.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #369430 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 334 pages

Express magazine, 2 October 2004
This wonderful collection of spectacularly ugly creatures is guaranteed to add sparkle to bedtime stories everywhere.

Heat magazine
Sick and wrong? Absolutely. We ... laughed our bleedin’ heads off.

Synopsis
The book contains conversations with over thirty celebrated playwrights whose work has been produced at the Royal Court; from John Arden, whose first Court play was staged in 1957, to the young writer Simon Farquhar, whose premiere production is programmed for 2006. The exciting list of writers includes Sebastian Barry, Richard Bean, Martin Crimp, Anne Jellicoe, Terry Johnson, Hanif Kureishi, Conor McPherson, David Storey, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Arnold Wesker and Snoo Wilson. Concluding the volume is an interview with Graham Whybrow, Literary Manager of the Royal Court.

Customer Reviews

A Book To Dip Into
This is a useful book for anyone interested in the process of writing for the theatre. Although many of the writers offered insightful comments, I felt that the structure of the interviews limited the surprises on offer. That is to say, the interviewer (who is the daughter of the Royal Court's founder) asked pretty much the same questions and so a formula developed which, for me, made the book a bit of a plodding read. (Because the saving grace of playwriting is its energy).