Ninety-nine Plays - Tapa blanda

Nicholas Wright, who was Literary Director of the Royal National Theatre for more than a decade, draws on that experience to present an introduction to and analysis of plays, dating from the ancient world to the present day In compiling his list of 99 key plays, Nicholas Wright set out to isolate works of "outstanding originality and richness of texture, and with the spark of rebellion alight". Focusing on the strength of the recent contemporary plays Wright predicts that many contemporary plays may stand equal beside scripts which have been cherished and hoarded over centuries. Writers featured include: Verga and De Filippo, Goldoni and Dunbar, Brenton and Granville-Barker, Rattigan and Brecht; Orton and Sophocles; Storey and Beckett.