David Rudkin is a leading British dramatist, author of Afore Night Come, Cries from Casement as his Bones are Brought to Dublin, Ashes, Penda's Fen, The Sons of Light, The Triumph of Death, The Saxon Shore, Symphonie Pathetique, House of Character, Blodwen, and Home from Rachel's Marriage. Authoritative in its reference to all Rudkin's work for theatre, cinema, radio and television, this profound critical study aims to prompt a reappraisal of his work in current dramatic, theoretical, and sexual contexts.

• Introduction to the Series1. Introduction: To Blazing Point 2. Locate, Separate, Eliminate 3. Mind-Forged Manacles and Demonic Release 4. Stolen Future, Discarded Self 5. A Sense of Place 6. Stolen Flames 7. Burning Questions 8. Artemis Rising 9. Sublime Monstrosity 10. Transforming Transgressions 11. Work in Progress 12. Indefinition of a ManAppendix: TestimoniesIan Hogg, Charlotte Cornwall, Lynda Murtagh, Peter McEnery, Gerard Murphy, Ian McDiarmidDavid Rudkin: A ChronologyNotesIndex

David Rudkin is a leading British dramatist, author of Afore Night Come, Cries from Casement as his Bones are Brought to Dublin, Ashes, Penda's Fen, The Sons of Light, The Triumph of Death, The Saxon Shore, Symphonie Pathetique, House of Character, Blodwen, and Home from Rachel's Marriage. Authoritative in its reference to all Rudkin's work for theatre, cinema, radio and television, this profound critical study aims to prompt a reappraisal of his work in current dramatic, theoretical, and sexual contexts.

• Introduction to the Series1. Introduction: To Blazing Point 2. Locate, Separate, Eliminate 3. Mind-Forged Manacles and Demonic Release 4. Stolen Future, Discarded Self 5. A Sense of Place 6. Stolen Flames 7. Burning Questions 8. Artemis Rising 9. Sublime Monstrosity 10. Transforming Transgressions 11. Work in Progress 12. Indefinition of a ManAppendix: TestimoniesIan Hogg, Charlotte Cornwall, Lynda Murtagh, Peter McEnery, Gerard Murphy, Ian McDiarmidDavid Rudkin: A ChronologyNotesIndex

David Rudkin is a leading British dramatist, author of Afore Night Come, Cries from Casement as his Bones are Brought to Dublin, Ashes, Penda's Fen, The Sons of Light, The Triumph of Death, The Saxon Shore, Symphonie Pathetique, House of Character, Blodwen, and Home from Rachel's Marriage. Authoritative in its reference to all Rudkin's work for theatre, cinema, radio and television, this profound critical study aims to prompt a reappraisal of his work in current dramatic, theoretical, and sexual contexts.

• Introduction to the Series1. Introduction: To Blazing Point 2. Locate, Separate, Eliminate 3. Mind-Forged Manacles and Demonic Release 4. Stolen Future, Discarded Self 5. A Sense of Place 6. Stolen Flames 7. Burning Questions 8. Artemis Rising 9. Sublime Monstrosity 10. Transforming Transgressions 11. Work in Progress 12. Indefinition of a ManAppendix: TestimoniesIan Hogg, Charlotte Cornwall, Lynda Murtagh, Peter McEnery, Gerard Murphy, Ian McDiarmidDavid Rudkin: A ChronologyNotesIndex