Description
Offering the first extensive examination of the plays and television series written by award winning playwright Mike Bartlett, this volume not only provides analysis of some of Bartlett’s best-known works (Cock, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, and Albion), but also includes new interviews with Bartlett and some of his closest and oft relied upon collaborators. In this book, Bartlett’s plays and television series are grouped together thematically, allowing the reader to observe the cross-pollination between his works on the stage and screen. The book also includes an introductory biographical chapter that discusses early influences on his writing (Harold Pinter, Mark Ravenhill, Tony Kushner, and Quentin Tarantino), his time in the Young Writers Programme at the Royal Court, and his work with the Apathists.
Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists is a series of innovative and exciting critical introductions to the work of internationally pioneering playwrights, giving undergraduate students an ideal point of entry into these key figures in modern drama.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Life, Career, Theories of Theatre 1. Mike Bartlett: An Introduction 2. Mike Bartlett: The Etch-a-Sketch Playwright Part 2: Key Plays 3. Institutional Expectations: Not Talking, My Child, and Cock 4. Generational Crises: Earthquakes in London, Love, Love, Love, Albion, and Snowflake 5. Bully for Business: The Bartlett Workplace -- Contractions, Bull, Sticks and Stones, and Press 6. Doctor Medea: The Cultural Phenomenon—Medea, Doctor Foster, and Life Part 3: Key Productions 7. Directing and Performing Bull (2013) 8. King Charles III: From Stage to Screen
