Neil LaBute is one of the most exciting new talents in theatre and film to have emerged in the 1990s. Influenced and inspired by such writers as David Mamet; Edward Bond and Harold Pinter; he is equally at home writing for the screen as for the stage; and the list of films he has written and directed includes The Wicker Man (2006); Possession (2002) and In the Company of Men (1998). As a playwright; screenwriter; director; and author of short stories; he has staked out a distinctive; and disturbing; territory. In the first full-length study on LaBute; Christopher Bigsby examines his darkly funny work which explores the cruelties; self-concern and manipulative powers of individuals who inhabit a seemingly uncommunal world. Individual chapters are dedicated to particular works; and the book also includes an interview with LaBute; providing a fascinating insight into the life of this influential and often controversial figure.
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