Affair of the Heart

British Theatre from 1992 to 2020

Michael Billington

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781350367258
• eBook ISBN: 9781350214798
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
• Subtopic: Arte dramático británico

"The best theatrical read of the year." – British Theatre Guide A book of selected theatre reviews from 1992 to 2020 from one of the foremost authorities on British theatre. Each chapter starts with a brief commentary on the developments of that era and the social, political and cultural context within which British theatre was being produced. Key obituaries and letters in response to reviews written are also included, providing a rich collection of curated archival material. Following on from his first collection, One Night Stands, Michael Billington's chronicle offers a rich, authoritative insight into British theatre over the last 3 decades from his unique professional perspective. It begins with Tony Kushner's UK premiere of Angels in America at the National Theatre in 1992 and culminates with Inua Ellams's celebrated adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters at the same venue almost 30 years later. En route, we're exposed to the fallibility of theatre criticism through his much-regretted original criticism of Sarah Kane's Blasted and its role in identifying major talents at the first opportunity. Having recently retired from his 48-year position as the Guardian newspaper's drama critic during which time he wrote around 10, 000 theatre reviews, Michael Billiington was Britain's longest-serving theatre critic. Through his work, he was present at an eye-watering number of premieres during this time and witnessed first-hand the exciting developments in British theatre over the past 30 years and the substantial pressures it faced - never more so than today.

INDEX

1980’s, here

1990’s, here

2000’s, here

2010’s, here

50 years of the National Theatre, here

90-minute plays, here

Abu Eisheh, Hussam, here

acting, standard of, here

Acton, David, here

Adamson, Samuel, here

Adshead, Kay, here

Bogus Woman, The, here, here

Aeschylus, The Persians, here

Agate, James, here, here

Agbaje, Bola

Gone Too Far, here

Off the Endz, here

Ahern, Kieran, here

Ahmad, Ammar Haj, here

Aitken, Maria, here

Akinbode, Akintayo, here

Akingbola, Sola, here

Albee, Edward

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, here

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, here

Alexander, Bill, here, here

Allam, Roger, here, here

Allen, Ben, here

Allen, Jim, Perdition, here

Allen Keith, here

Allende, Salvador, here

Almeida, London, here, here, here, here, here

Altman, Robert, here, here

Alvin-Wilson, Oliver, here

Ambassadors, here

Ambler, Scott, here

American Buffalo, here

American imports, reliance on, here

Anderson, Lindsay, here, here

Andoh, Adjoa, here, here

Andrade, Suzanne, The Animals and Children Took to the Streets, here

Andrews, Benedict, here, here

Angelis, April De, Playhouse Creatures, here

Animashaun, Hammed, here

Anonzie, Nonso, here

Antonioni, Michelangelo, L’Avventura, here

Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse (2013), here

Appleton, Esme, here

Arden, John, Armstrong’s Last Goodnight, here

Armstrong, Karen, here

Arts Council, here, here

Arts Council England, here

Asante, Michelle, here

Ash, Will, here

Ashcroft, Peggy,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Towards the End of the Millennium: 1992–9
• Hopes of Renewal: 2000–9
• Bright Spots in the Lost Decade: 2010–19
• Index
• Copyright