This is a new, revised andupdatedpaperbackedition of the critically acclaimed first full-length critical assessment of this most individual, challenging, conceptually energetic of B
Barker has been acclaimed as "England's greatest living dramatist" in The Times and as "the Shakespeare of our age" by Sarah Kane. His uniquely stylish work brings together startlingly original forms
Theatre, Time and Temporality is the first book-length exploration of the subject of temporality within theater and performance. David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance
Lovefuries offers a double bill of performance pieces that explode national and personal pressures to keep silent, and explore the surprising and shocking resurgences of life that break through grief.
‘It’s all real. All of it. Everything bad is real’ - MoeAlistair McDowall’s Pomona was first staged in 2014 and won properly startling, and startled, acclaim. Its edgeland setting permits a surrealist
Fifteen varied essays discuss the style, language, and vision of Howard Barker, one of Britain’s most influential and controversial playwrights. An international range of academics offers illuminating
This new edition of Barker's seminal text includes fragments, essays, thoughts, and poems on the nature of theatre that reject the constraints of "objective" academic theatre criticism. Rath
Director-dramatist Howard Barker is a restlessly prolific, compulsively controversial and provocative multi-media artist. Beyond his internationally performed and acclaimed theatrical productions, and
