Provides a concise and accessible guide to key themes, writers and works in contemporary British drama since 1970. It discusses playwrights such as Caryl Churchill, Neil Dunn, Mustapha Matura, Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Edward Bond and David Hare. It links their work into a broader context of changes in the theatre itself and such themes as the development of the gay and women's movements and the contemporary political scene.