The Theatre of Martin Crimp: Second Edition, Aleks Sierz

First published in 2006, Aleks Sierzs The Theatre of Martin Crimp provided a groundbreaking study of one of British theatres leading contemporary playwrights. Combining Sierzs lucid prose and sharp analysis together with interviews with Martin Crimp and a host of directors and actors who have produced the work, it offered a richly rewarding and engaging assessment of this acutely satirical playwright. The second edition additionally explores the work produced between 2006 and 2013, both the major new plays and the translations and other work.

The second edition considers The City, the 2008 companion play to The Country, Play House from 2012 and the new work for the Royal Court in late 2012. The two works that have brought Crimp considerable international acclaim in recent years, the updated rewrite of The Misanthrope which in 2009 played for several months in the West End starring Keira Knightley, and Crimps translation of Botho Strausss Big and Small (Barbican, 2012), together with Crimps other work in translation are all covered. The Theatre of Martin Crimp remains the fullest, most readable account of Crimpss work for the stage.