The contemporary is a rich, exciting and dynamic field of enquiry for the study and practice of theatre. Playwriting and the Contemporary: Critical Collaborations aims to produce research-rich scholarship informed by the questions: How do contemporary plays intervene in current events, cultural practices and political issues? What are the implicit or explicit assumptions of playwrights’ work in relation to the contemporary (as a period, a reflection of the present or a critical concept)? And how does the play – as text and/or performance – reflect, engage with, challenge or reproduce notions of the contemporary? These overarching research questions, coupled with our focus on twenty-first-century playwriting and emphasis on collaborative exchange, are the distinctive features of this series.
Proposals are warmly invited for the series; please contact Christabel Scaife or one of the series editors with a Proposal Submission Form.
Commissioning Editor: Christabel Scaife c.scaife@liverpool.ac.uk
Series editors:
Siân Adiseshiah, Loughborough University
Jacqueline Bolton, University of Lincoln
Nicholas Holden, University of Greenwich
Chris Megson, Royal Holloway, University of London
Editorial Board:
Stephen Carleton, University of Queensland, Australia
Cristina Delgado-García, University of Glasgow, UK
Clare Finburgh-Delijani, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Lynette Goddard, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Louise LePage, University of York, UK
Patrick Lonergan, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Naomi Nkealah, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Ben Poore, University of York, UK
Trish Reid, University of Reading, UK
Jenn Stephenson, Queen’s University, Canada
Caroline Wake, University of New South Wales, Australia (from Sept 2023)
Marilena Zaroulia, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK (from Sept 2023)