Essential for students of theatre studies, Methuen Drama'sDecades of Modern British Playwritingseries provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1950s to 2009 in six volumes. Each volume features a critical analysis and reevaluation of the work of four key playwrights from that decade authored by a team of experts, together with an extensive commentary on the period . The 1960s was a decade of seismic changes in British theatre as in society at large. This important new study in Methuen Drama'sDecades of Modern British Playwritingseries explores how theatre-makers responded to the changes in society. Together with a thorough survey of the theatrical activity of the decade it offers detailed reassessments of the work of four of the leading playwrights. The 1960s volume provides in-depth studies of the work of four of the major playwrights who came to prominence:Edward Bond(by Steve Nicholson),John Arden(Bill McDonnell),Harold Pinter(Jamie Andrews) andAlan Ayckbourn(Frances Babbage). It examines their work then, its legacy today, and how critical consensus has changed over time.