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that has heretofore received only the most superficial interrogation

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Each chapter includes a brief Introduction

This volume is a collective exploration of major themes in the work of Crispin Wright

Theatre of Howard Barker metabolic burn rate Materials of constructionIn this second, fully revised edition of his acclaimed study of Barker's work, Charles Lamb sets out to make emotional sense of the characters and their interactions. This is a detailed exploration of the 'scene of seduction' the challenge, the secret, the abject and the catastrophic, processes which dominate Barker's work. For Lamb, the power of Barker's plays is to be found in the exposure to the irrational and its promotion of a state of unknowing.