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Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions.The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephe

English drama --- Missing children --- Children --- Missing persons --- English literature --- History and criticism. --- Themes, motives. --- An Inspector Calls. --- Beslan massacre. --- Far Away. --- Frozen. --- Hecuba. --- Soham murders. --- fictional time. --- historical moment. --- lost children. --- theatre time.