Dr Jane Milling is Senior Lecturer in the department of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Series editors: Richard Boon, Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds.

• General Preface by series editors Richard Boon and Philip RobertsAcknowledgements Introduction to the 1980s Domestic life EducationCultureMediaScience, technology and industry Political events Theatre in the 1980s Thinking about the recent past Institutions, policies and funding New writing and playwrights in the 1980s Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter Present pastsIntroducing the Playwrights Crafting careers Howard Barker Jim Cartwright Sarah Daniels Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwrights and Plays Howard Barker by Sarah Goldingay Jim Cartwright by David Lane Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling Timberlake Wertenbaker by Sara FreemanDocuments Howard Barker: Interview with Jane MillingJim Cartwright: In His Own WordsSarah Daniels: Interview with Jane MillingTimberlake Wertenbaker: In Her Own WordsAfterword Notes Select Bibliography Index Notes on Contributors

Dr Jane Milling is Senior Lecturer in the department of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Series editors: Richard Boon, Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds.

• General Preface by series editors Richard Boon and Philip RobertsAcknowledgements Introduction to the 1980s Domestic life EducationCultureMediaScience, technology and industry Political events Theatre in the 1980s Thinking about the recent past Institutions, policies and funding New writing and playwrights in the 1980s Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter Present pastsIntroducing the Playwrights Crafting careers Howard Barker Jim Cartwright Sarah Daniels Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwrights and Plays Howard Barker by Sarah Goldingay Jim Cartwright by David Lane Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling Timberlake Wertenbaker by Sara FreemanDocuments Howard Barker: Interview with Jane MillingJim Cartwright: In His Own WordsSarah Daniels: Interview with Jane MillingTimberlake Wertenbaker: In Her Own WordsAfterword Notes Select Bibliography Index Notes on Contributors

Dr Jane Milling is Senior Lecturer in the department of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. Series editors: Richard Boon, Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Drama and Music, University of Hull, and Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor in the School of English, University of Leeds.

• General Preface by series editors Richard Boon and Philip RobertsAcknowledgements Introduction to the 1980s Domestic life EducationCultureMediaScience, technology and industry Political events Theatre in the 1980s Thinking about the recent past Institutions, policies and funding New writing and playwrights in the 1980s Cultures of protest: issue as subject matter Present pastsIntroducing the Playwrights Crafting careers Howard Barker Jim Cartwright Sarah Daniels Timberlake Wertenbaker Playwrights and Plays Howard Barker by Sarah Goldingay Jim Cartwright by David Lane Sarah Daniels by Jane Milling Timberlake Wertenbaker by Sara FreemanDocuments Howard Barker: Interview with Jane MillingJim Cartwright: In His Own WordsSarah Daniels: Interview with Jane MillingTimberlake Wertenbaker: In Her Own WordsAfterword Notes Select Bibliography Index Notes on Contributors