Howard Brenton Summary

Howard Brenton has been described by critic Peter Roberts as "the most solid talent to emerge from the lunch hour theatre scene," a manifestation of London's fringe theater. Brenton is a leader among ... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Billington Through such plays as Revenge and Christie in Love, Howard Brenton has quickly won himself a reputation as one of our most strikingly original young dramatists. H... Read more

Critical Essay by Colin Chambers In Sore Throats, Howard Brenton has gone further than most of his contemporaries in exploring the intimate, bringing to bear on three fractured people in an unwelcomi... Read more

Critical Essay by Steve Grant [The critic W. Stephen Gilbert] once hesitatingly dubbed Brenton and [David] Hare the Lennon and McCartney of the New Wave. Indeed, the comparison has its point. Brenton... Read more

Critical Essay by Benedict Nightingale Back in 1943 J. B. Priestley, who could (I suppose) be regarded as Howard Brenton's political and theatrical grand-dad, wrote a play entitled We Came to ... Read more

Critical Essay by Stephen Brook Howard Brenton's new play The Genius will not offend the eye though it does abuse the ear. Trevor Eve, clenched fists by his side, clad in a black suit, and loo... Read more

Critical Essay by Harold Hobson Howard Brenton has a terrifying imagination that makes his "The Churchill Play" … a very disturbing experience. It is an experience one would not ... Read more

Critical Essay by John Spurling The Churchill Play is a powerful transference of what is happening in Northern Ireland now to what might be happening in England in ten years' time. Its swift d... Read more

Critical Essay by Charles Marowitz The poverty of political theatre in England is so great that almost any drama with political intimations gets welcomed as if it were the long-lost grandchild of Ber... Read more