Plays
Kane
others
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Books, people, history
Kane
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Private Lives Noël Coward |
1930 |
Harold Pinter born |
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1931 |
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1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
Edward Bond born
Joan Littlewood establishes the Theatre of Action |
Murder in the Cathedral T.S.
Eliot |
1935 |
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1936 |
Luigi Pirandello dies |
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1937 |
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Out Town Thornton Wilder |
1938 |
Brighton Rock Graham Greene,
novel
Caryl Churchill born |
A Long Day´s Journey into the Night, Eugene O´Neill |
1939 |
Second World War starts |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1942 |
The Stranger by Albert Camus,
novel |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
Second World War in Europe over Joan Littlewood establishes the
Theatre Workshop
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1946 |
Second World War in Asia over
Howard Barker born
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams |
1947 |
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1948 |
Antonin Artaud dies |
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller |
1949 |
Nineteen Eighty-Four George
Orwell, novel |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952 |
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Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett |
1953 |
Eugene O´Neill dies |
Deathwatch Jean Genet |
1954 |
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1955 |
Richard III by Laurence Olivier,
film
The English Stage Company at the Royal Court opens |
Long Day´s Journey into the
Night Eugene O´Neill
Look Back in Anger John Osborne |
1956 |
Bertolt Brecht dies Germany |
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1957 |
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1958 |
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Rhinoceros Eugene Ionesco |
1959 |
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The Caretaker Harold Pinter |
1960 |
Albert Camus dies, Algeria
John F. Kennedy elected
President USA |
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1961 |
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1962 |
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1963 |
John F. Kennedy assassinated USA |
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1964 |
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Loot Joe Orton
Saved Edward Bond |
1965 |
First part of novel sequence Sea
of Fertility Yukio Mishima
T.S. Eliot dies |
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead Tom Stoppard |
1966 |
Mark Ravenhill born |
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1967 |
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1968 |
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Metamorphosis Steven Berkoff |
1969 |
Jez Butterworth born |
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1970 |
Yukio Mishima dies |
What the Butler Saw, Joe Orton |
1971 |
Sarah Kane
born
A Clockwork
Orange, film
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1972 |
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The Island Athol Fugard
Equus Peter
Shaffer |
1973 |
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1974 |
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East Steven Berkoff |
1975 |
Pol Pot regime and the killing
Fields in Cambodia |
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1976 |
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1977 |
Stephen Biko dies |
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1978 |
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1979 |
Margaret Thatcher elected prime
minister, Great Britain |
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1980 |
Ian Curtis of Joy Division dies
Closer, LP by Joy Division |
The Romans in Britain, Howard Brenton |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan elected President,
USA |
Top Girls Caryl Churchill |
1982 |
Falklands War |
Victory Howard Barker |
1983 |
Tennessee Williams dies |
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1984 |
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Pravda, Howard Brenton |
1985 |
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1986 |
Jean Genet dies |
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1987 |
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Our Country´s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker |
1988 |
The Satanic Verses Salman
Rushdie, novel |
Angels in America Tony Kushner |
1989 |
Kane studies at Bristol
University
Laurence Olivier dies
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1990 |
Margaret Thatcher resigns
Nelson Mandela released from
prison |
Death and the Maiden Ariel
Dorfman |
1991 |
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Tony Harrison Square Rounds |
1992 |
Kane graduates from Bristol University
Studies MA at Birmingham University
Violence in Bosnia starts
Generation Terrorists, LP
by Manic Street Preachers
Reservoir
Dogs, film by Quentin Tarantino
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Penetrator Anthony Neilson
Blasted
early versions (the "Birmingham" Blasted) |
1993 |
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Ashes & Sand Judy Upton
Europe David Greig
Ghost from a Perfect Place Philip Ridley |
1994 |
Eugene Ionesco dies
John Osborne dies |
Mojo Jez Butterworth
Blasted
Pale Horse Joe Penhall |
1995 |
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Phaedra´s Love
Shopping
and F*cking Mark Ravenhill
Ashes to Ashes Harold Pinter |
1996 |
Kane is writer in residence at Paines Plough |
Closer Patrick Marber |
1997 |
Skin, television film
Kane directs Büchners Woyzeck |
Cleansed
Yard Gals
Rebecce Prichard
Crave |
1998 |
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1999 |
Sarah Kane dies |
4.48 Psychosis
The Three
Birds Joanna Laurens
Blue/Orange Joe Penhall |
2000 |
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2001 |
Bjorn song An Echo a Stain (quotes Crave) |
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2002 |
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Dirty Butterfly Debbie Tucker Green |
2003 |
Tindersticks song 4.48 Psychosis |
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2004 |
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Poor Beck Joanna Laurens |
2005 |
Arthur Miller dies |
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2006 |
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2007 |
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