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	Literary Encyclopedia: Howard Brenton
		Howard Brenton is a major and frequently provocative voice in British post-war political theatre.
		Brenton’s drama is distinguished from that of his contemporaries by the use of these deliberately discordant elements, as well as the juxtaposition of alternating modes of fantasy and realism to shock the audience.
		Brenton was born on 13 December 1942 in Portsmouth to a shop-worker mother and a policeman father, spending his early years in a council house in Bognor Regis.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=556 (684 words)

	Howard Brenton Criticism
		Brenton has survived the demise of the Fringe and has gained a controversial position unequalled among the writers of the late 1960's.
		Brenton is most at home when creating startling and often outrageous coups de théâtre or when composing choice, vernacular exchanges for his favourite characters, who are usually villains, policemen or angry, disenfranchised youngsters.
		Brenton is, if not resentful, at least rather puzzled at the recurrent comparison of his dramatic method to that of a strip cartoon, since he disclaims any particular interest in strip cartoons or any conscious influence.
	www.bookrags.com /criticisms/Howard_Brenton (1247 words)

	Brenton, Howard Criticism and Essays
		Brenton views theater as a means for presenting his critiques of society: he has stated that his plays are written "unreservedly in the cause of socialism."
		Brenton developed his radical style in the experimental theater movement known as "the Fringe" which emerged in England during the 1960s and which included among its contributors Brenton's occasional collaborator, David Hare.
		Brenton had one actor play both the policeman and the criminal to underscore his belief that law breakers and law keepers can be similarly oppressive.
	www.enotes.com /contemporary-literary-criticism/brenton-howard/introduction (554 words)

	Sore Throats - Review - Theater - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Brenton adds a few signature variations on the usual themes of miserable-marriage plays, a distinguished genre that can be traced back through Strindberg to Shakespeare.
		Brenton argues that our conflicting needs for both, and for that harder-to-define commodity known as love, turn human beings into prisoners of desires that can't be met, with lovers and spouses cast in the tormenting role of warden.
		Brenton's depiction of her happy descent into debauchery feels even more abstracted and untethered to context than the brutal eroto-philosophical brawl of Act I. Equally arbitrary is the long monologue about the birth of his child that Jack delivers when he returns, desperate, in the play's final minutes.
	theater2.nytimes.com /2006/05/02/theater/reviews/02sore.html (987 words)

	Howard Brenton Summary
		Howard Brenton has been described by critic Peter Roberts as "the most solid talent to emerge from the lunch hour theatre scene," a manifestation of London's fringe theater.
		Brenton is a leader among the so-called second generation of English dramatists,...
		Howard John Brenton (born December 13, 1942 in Portsmouth, England) is an English playwright, who was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
	www.bookrags.com /Howard_Brenton (335 words)

	Stage left \| Comment \| The Observer
		When the press night for Howard Brenton's new play, Paul, was postponed last week, due to the exhaustion of lead actor Paul Rhys, it was only the latest in a series of headaches for the National Theatre.
		Brenton writes all the 'lock-in' episodes of Spooks, where the agents are confined to base; 'They have the immediacy of a Royal Court play,' enthuses Woodhead.
		HOWARD JOHN Brenton was born in 1942 in Portsmouth to a shop-worker mother and a policeman father, spending his early years in a council house in Bognor Regis.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,6903,1588153,00.html (1675 words)

	The play 'Paul' by Howard Brenton
		Howard Brenton has been a significant and provocative voice in British post-war political theatre.
		There are one or two concessions made by Brenton to acknowledge the undoubted flights of magnificent poetry and theological depths for which Paul is universally acclaimed.
		However, Brenton clearly has no other means of accounting for the incredible power that brought the church to birth and changed the world in such explosive fashion.
	www.eauk.org /media/paul-by-howard-brenton.cfm (1746 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Brenton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Howard Brenton talks to Terry Grimley about Pravda, the play he co-wrote with David Hare, 20 years on.(Features)
		Fanatics blow us up but their time is over Howard Brenton shocked us in the Eighties, but then he fell out of favour.
		Brenton brings a wealth of experience to his work.(60 Seconds with Woodward "Woody" G. Brenton)(Interview)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Brenton (569 words)

	The British Theatre Guide : Reviews - Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton
		Howard Brenton's work is never easy and his portrait of poets forced into exile is characteristic.
		As is Brenton's way, much of the language is greatly heightened and he concentrates on his political message - on occasions to the detriment of character.
		In particular, the women are to an extent little more than ciphers for the two superstar male poets to bounce off and use for their own wicked ends.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /reviews/bloodypoetry-rev.htm (356 words)

	Theatre for a New Audience
		Brenton's powerful, disquieting study of what happens to Judy, a 39-year-old housewife when her marriage crashes and burns.
		Haunted by Jack, her alternately brutal and tender ex-husband, lured into demented modes of liberation by Sally, her new younger-generation roommate, Judy begins a riveting downward trajectory with a wholly unpredictable end.
		Howard Brenton, infamous in England for his artistically daring and politically provocative work, is considered one of Britain's leading playwrights.
	www.tfana.org /sore.html (355 words)

	The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: Raising the right questions, but not offering adequate answers: Paul - ...
		The occasional four letter word turns up lest Brenton might be thought excessively pious in finding things to admire in Paul, and Mary Magdalene (presented as the wife of Jesus) in effect complains that Jesus has got the work/life balance wrong.
		As Brenton dramatises Paul's conversion, the options presented are that Jesus, as divine, actually spoke to Paul on the Damascus Road, or alternatively that Paul had some kind of seizure and saw visions.
		Brenton may not have gone very deeply into these questions, but at least he leads us to confronting them.
	www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk /blog/archives/000714.php (1347 words)

	San Francisco - Arts & Entertainment - Howard's Bitter End - sfweekly.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As a result, it's hard, at first, to reconcile Last Planet Theatre's production of this anarchic, violent play centering on a broken marriage with Soph's image of the convivial middle-class dad prodding eggs about in a pan for his son and his son's girlfriend on a London Saturday morning.
		But the play still resonates thousands of miles away from the suburban London in which it is set and after more than a quarter of a century in time -- testimony both to the power of the writing and to Last Planet's compact yet emphatic staging.
		Brenton's play has its physically vicious moments: For example, when the amiable, shambling Matt Leshinskie as Jack in Last Planet's production first strikes Judy (Heidi Wolff) in the mouth, even familiarity with the play does not ready you for the clipped brutality of the act.
	www.sfweekly.com /Issues/2005-08-10/culture/stage_1.html (1119 words)

	Calendar
		Howard Brenton’s In Extremis, a new version of the Abelard and Heloise story set in 12th-century Paris, has received its world premiere at Shakespeare’s Globe, with Oliver Boot and Sally Bretton in the title roles of John Dove’s production.
		The National is currently offering a powerful wrestling match of the competing claims of science and religion in its modern-dress staging of Brecht’s Galileo, and last year offered Howard Brenton’s Paul, a contemporary re-examination of the story of the disciple’s teachings of belief and doubt.
		Now Brenton returns to the theme of faith and religion for In Extremis that rigorously explores the high price of intellectual and social rebellion in an intense true-life fable of the title characters who meet their matches in each other—and challenge the church and state with both their thinking and behaviour.”
	www.theatre.com /story/id/3003586 (690 words)

	Catz JCR - The Shirley Society Presents Howard Brenton
		Acclaimed playwright HOWARD BRENTON will be speaking at Catz this week.
		Howard is a Catz alumnus and the author of over 40 plays including 'The Romans In Britain', 'Bloody Poetry' and 'Pravda'; his most recent works have been 'Paul' (staged at the National Theatre in 2005) and 'In Extremis' (at the Globe this summer).
		Howard will be speaking in the Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College, at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 14th.
	hadriel.caths.cam.ac.uk /jcr/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3 (196 words)

	In Extremis Review by Howard Brenton at Globe Theatre 2006
		Though 'In Extremis' is well played, ably directed by John Dove, and liberally spiced with humour, it falls a little short of the standard set in the previous plays in the season, though it's hard to pinpoint exactly why.
		Perhaps it's because Brenton's piece doesn't quite know whether it's really a love story, a biography, or an examination of the importance of the times and the influences of two powerful, historical notables such as Abelard and Bernard.
		Nevertheless, Brenton's well constructed and pacey storyline held attention for the duration, and was well-received by the audience.
	www.londontheatre.co.uk /londontheatre/reviews/inextremis06.htm (743 words)

	Howard Brenton Photos - Howard Brenton News - Howard Brenton Information
		A former spook with a secret agenda holds the team hostage, threatening to blow up Thames House unless they tell her the "truth" about the death of Diana, Pricess of Wales.
		Ruth is left to try to talk her out of her murderous plans, but the team fails to see their former colleague's real agenda...
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	www.tv.com /howard-brenton/person/133131/summary.html (120 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Here, the acclaimed British dramatist Howard Brenton, who revives the couple in his new play 'In Extremis', explores the scandalous romance that rocked medieval France - and still has the power to captivate
		When Jean-Paul Sartre died in 1980, Simone de Beauvoir - who had shared with him a notorious, lifelong "open" relationship of great intensity and at times, on her part, great pain - wanted to make a gesture of farewell to the love of her life.
		Howard Brenton's In Extremis, The Story of Abélard and Heloise is at Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1 (www.shakespeares-globe.org, 020-7401 9919)
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /books/features/article1222456.ece (3357 words)

	Theatre » Howard Brenton
		He speaks here (link to mp3) to the Guardian on his new play, In Extremis.
		Brenton likes stories about people ahead of their time.
		The story was is about Abelard and Heloise, which is not a story I knew a lot about.
	benjaminyeoh.com /archives/228 (199 words)

	Howard Brenton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Brenton, Howard, Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles.
		Howard Brenton, Notes from a Psychotic Journal, and Other Poems.
		Howard Brenton, German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English: Bibliography of Howard Brenton.
	library.marist.edu /diglib/english/englishliterature/20thc-engdramatists/brenton_howard.htm (68 words)

	Howard Brenton quote - The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues - Quotations ...
		Howard Brenton quote - The press and politicians.
		Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night.
		Howard Brenton (born December 13, 1942) is an English playwright, who was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
	www.quotationsbook.com /quotes/25777/view (226 words)

	Brenton Howard - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Brenton Howard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Born in Portsmouth, Brenton was educated at Cambridge University.
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	uk.encarta.msn.com /Brenton_Howard.html (86 words)

	brenton Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		When did the brenton family first arrive in the United States?
		In ancient Anglo Saxon England, the brenton family lived in Brenton, near Exminster in Herefordshire.
		Spelling variations of this family name include: Brenton, Breynton, Brentyne and others.
	www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=brenton (1295 words)

	HOWARD BRENTON, 1942-
		Lay By, by Brenton, Brian Clark, Trevor Griffiths, David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, Hugh Stoddart, and Snoo Wilson.
		Thirteenth Night, and A Short Sharp Shock, the latter by Brenton and Terry Howard.
		Danton's Death, by Georg Büchner, a new version by Brenton from a translation by Jane Fry.
	www.cas.sc.edu /engl/LitCheck/Brenton.htm (220 words)

	Howard Brenton Famous Quote, Quotes, Quotations, Proverbs - QuoteMountain.com
		The quotes below are those from or by Howard Brenton.
		You can also move quickly to the next quote source, Howard Chandler Christy, or the previous quotable source, Howard Barker.
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	www.quotemountain.com /famous_quote_author/howard_brenton_famous_quotations (212 words)

	Amazon.com: "Howard Brenton": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		been a continual target for Agitprop drama and its derivatives, from Tom Thomas' 1929 sketch, Suppress, Oppress, Depress, to Howard Brenton and David Hare's full-length polemic Pravda in 1986.
		Similarly, as Howard Brenton explained, `Part of the energy behind Portable was simply: the bastards won't do our plays, we'll do them ourselves.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Howard-Brenton (606 words)

	The Stage / Blogs / Shenton's View / Howard Brenton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It’s always good to see a theatre bouncing back to artistic and financial health, and after a rocky few years where a triumvirate of artistic directors — Martin Duncan, Steven Pimlott and Ruth MacKenzie — pursued an artistically adventurous but...
		Tagged with: Anthony Hopkins Chichester Festival Theatre David Edgar David Hare Howard Brenton Jasper Britton Jonathan Church Martin Duncan Pravda Roger Allam Ruth Mackenzie Steven Pimlott Strindberg The Father
		Tagged with: Alan Bennett Howard Brenton Kevin Spacey Nicholas Hynter Old Vic Paul Paul Rhys Richard II The History Boys
	www.thestage.co.uk /newsblog/tags/howard_brenton (355 words)

	Tony Howard - playwright (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		To search for published plays by Tony Howard click on one of the bookstore links above.
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	www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsH/HowardTony.htm (118 words)

	IngentaConnect From Sore Throats to Greenland : Howard Brenton's Utopian Plays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		British playwright Howard Brenton once wrote, “There is an infinite variety of ways of making theatre, but only one theme which, inevitably, Aeschylus was onto—it's simply ‘how can we live justly?'” Brenton's entire oeuvre reflects his struggle to answer this basic question but he has specifically characterized three of his plays as Utopian.
		Ultimately, they offer us an unmerciful look at the worst of human nature and a liberating vision of the good we are capable of achieving.
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	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/routledg/gcjr/2005/00000008/00000004/art00006 (217 words)

	Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Epsom Downs is a play by Howard Brenton and also the most fun I ever had.
		I met some of my closest friends doing the play, and got my taste for performing back (after having it forcibly beaten out of me by The Fire Dragon).
		I won't gush too much: suffice to say we all still get a glint in our eyes when we talk about it.
	website.lineone.net /~terry.pin/OthersEpsom.htm (126 words)

	Playbill News: Sore Throats, with Laila Robins, Gets New York Premiere, April 22
		Laila Robins stars with Bill Camp and Meredith Zinner in Theatre for a New Audience's New York premiere of Howard Brenton's Sore Throats, starting April 22.
		Evan Yionoulis (The Violet Hour) directs the work which opens April 30 at The Duke on 42nd Street for a run currently slated through May 21.
		Brenton plays include Christie In Love, Brassneck, Magnificence, The Churchill Play, Weapons of Happiness, Epsom Downs, The Romans In Britain, Bloody Poetry and Pravda.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/99235.html (529 words)

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