Dan Rebellato

Abstract

Dan Rebellato is Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama (1999), which challenges the dominant conception of the role played by 1950s drama in twentieth-century British theatre history. He has published widely on contemporary British playwrights, and is currently completing a book on British drama since the late 1970s, British Drama and Globalization. His next major research project will be a new book on naturalist theatre. Rebellato is also a playwright and his work has been performed in Berlin and London, fringe and West End, at the National Theatre, Soho Theatre, Young Vic Theatre, and on BBC Radio. The interview that follows was conducted in London on 3 July 2003.