Preface; 1 The collapsing house; 2 Past present: dramatisations of 'return'; 3 Enter the revenant; 4 Nunc Instantis: Arcadia and Copenhagen; 5 Stories of lost futures; 6 The Skriker's progeny; 7 Blood sacrifice; 8 Daughters' tales; 9 Coram Boy: a final story; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.
Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions. The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephe
