Pocket Guide to Plays and Playwrights, The - Softcover

Everything you need to know about plays and playwrights in one handy guide by leading expert Maureen Hughes who has had one of her 8 musicals produced in the West End and teaches musical theatre. Covering everything from the top playwrights through the centuries to a comprehensive A-Z listing of plays from around the world. Accessibility is a key selling point with factboxes highlighting key or curious facts about the subject. This informative book will be compulsory reading for anyone interested literature or theatre and its size makes it the perfect stocking filler for the Christmas market or for anyone intending to go to the theatre at any time of the year and who wants to discover as much about the topic as possible - in a handy, pocket-sized guide.

Kieran, son of Maureen, was born in Liverpool, spent his childhood in Shrewsbury, then spent the first part of his life in London, as a journalist and newsreader on BBC and commercial radio. By his late thirties he had started university to study for two degrees and teacher training. His Mum had persuaded him that he would make a good teacher! Kieran now teaches history full-time at a school in High Wycombe. He has four sons, seven grandchildren and lives with his wife Bridget near the town centre.