In the Stopping Train
”
(1977).
Drama is also flourishing in the English literature. At the end of the XX century Harold Pinter
continued to write disturbing plays. His plays “
No Man’s Land
” (1975) and “
Betrayal
” (1978) are highly
individual. English playwright Tom Stoppard won praise for the verbal brilliance, intricate plots, and
philosophical themes of his plays. His “
Jumpers
” (1972) and “
Travesties
” (1974) are among the most
original works in Modern English drama. David Hare in his “
Plenty
” (1978) wrote about the decline in
postwar English society. The dramatist Simon Gray created vivid portraits of troubled intellectuals in
“
Butley
” (1971) and “
Otherwise Engaged
” (1975). Peter Shaffer wrote a complex drama about composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, entitled “
Amadeus
” (1979). Carol Churchill wrote mixing past and present in
her comedy “Cloud Nine” (1981) and created an imaginative feminist play “
Top Girls
” (1982).
Thus, English poets, writers and dramatists are continuing to create their masterpieces and are still
enriching the world literature with their original works.
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