Mark Ravenhill
Ravenhill's Shopping and Fucking became the defining in-yer-face drama of the 1990s British theater, using pornographic imagery and consumptive nihilism to diagnose a generation raised on market values. He is the most discussed British playwright of his generation after Kane.
Works
- Shopping and FuckingDark comedy about consumerism and longing in contemporary London
- Some Explicit PolaroidsPlay exploring identity, memory, and desire through fragmented scenes
- Mother Clapp's Molly HouseDrama about homosexual life in eighteenth-century London molly house
- The CutPlay examining self-harm, beauty, and bodily autonomy
- ProductThriller exploring marketing, innovation, and corporate control