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Kerstin Frank and Caroline Lusin
Introduction: Current Debates and British Drama since 2000
I. Politics
Merle Tönnies
Still / Again Political? New Approaches to Questioning Power
in Mike Bartletts 13 (2011)
Peter Paul Schnierer
Immigration as Farce: Richard Beans
England People Very Nice (2009)
Ariane de Waal
Expel, Exploit, Exfoliate: Taking on Terror in
Mark Ravenhills Shoot / Get Treasure / Repeat (2007)
II. Finance and Austerity
Caroline Lusin
Surviving Boom and Bust: Finance, Responsibility,
and the State of the World in Nicholas Pierpans
You Can Still Make a Killing (2012)
Annika Gonnermann
Homo Homini Rhino Est: April De Angelis Wild East (2005)
and the Deconstruction of Responsibility in Corporate Culture
Dorothee Birke
The ´Underclass´ Talks Back: Poverty and Homelessness in
Nadia Falls Home (2013)
III. Science and Technology
Christine Schwanecke
Data Streams, Post-Human Lives, and (Virtual) Realities:
Jules Hornes Gorgeous Avatar (2006)
Maurus Roller
A Critical Review of Science: Caryl Churchills A Number (2002),
Individual Identity, and Human Cloning
Stefan Glomb
No View from Nowhere: Science, Freedom,
and Determinism in Nick Paynes Incognito (2014)
IV. Cultural Identity
Lisa SchwanderRe-Visiting the British Empire: Neo-Victorian Perspectives on
Multicultural Britain in Tanika Guptas The Empress (2013)
Kerstin Frank
Defusing Stereotypes with Comedy: Conflicting Afro-Caribbean
British Identities and Urban Street Culture in Bola Agbajes
Gone Too Far! (2007)
Abir Al-Laham
Apple Stores and Jihadi Brides: Hassan Abdulrazzaks
Love, Bombs and Apples (2016) and the Role of Religion in
Contemporary British Society

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This collection of essays examines the contribution of British plays to key social, political, and intellectual debates since 2000. It explores some of the most pressing concerns that have dominated the public discourse in Britain in the last decade, focusing on their representation in dramatic texts. Each essay provides an in-depth analysis of one play, assessing its particular contribution to the debate in question. The book aims to show how contemporary drama has developed unique ways to present the complexities and ambiguities of certain issues with aesthetic as well as emotional appeal.

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Dr. Kerstin Frank habilitiert in englischer Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Heidelberg. Prof. Dr. Caroline Lusin ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls Anglistik II (Anglistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft) an der Universität Mannheim.

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