Arena (1975)

Theatre: Playwrights of the 70s (1977x27)

Uitzenddatum: Jun 15, 1977

In the last ten years an astonishing number of new writers have emerged: Barrie Keeffe, John McGrath, David Hare, Howard Barker, Howard Brenton, Trevor Griffiths and Stephen Poliakoff have written plays about violence, sex and politics. Writer and critic Albert Hunt assesses this renaissance of British playwrights, which has given the theatre of the 70s a distinctive voice.