The Methuen Drama Book of Royal Court Plays 2000-2070 presents five landmark plays from the new millennium produced by the Royal Court Theatre, London Spanning a decade of cataclysmic events, these ground breaking plays provide a powerful and urgent exploration of some of the most important issues of our time and represent a high-water mark in contemporary British playwriting<BR><BR>Under The Blue Sky by David Eldridge: 'Like perfect blue skies, first-class new plays are few and far between, but when they appear they send your spirits soaring. Just such a heavenly piece of writing is the latest by David Eldridge'-Daily Telegraph<BR><BR>'One of the best and most beautifully constructed plays to have emerged since the millennium'-Independent<BR><BR>Fallout by Roy Williams: 'It is the most exciting new play in London; and the excitement stems not only from gripping subject-matter and incisive writing, but from the exhilarating courage which Williams shows as well'-Sunday Telegraph<BR><BR>Motortown by Simon Stephens: 'A play that is worthy of celebrating fifty years of the English Stage Company...an instant modern classic, the first major anti-war play of this era'-Michael Coveney, What's on Stage<BR><BR>My Child by Mike Bartlett: 'The play conjures a world of pain and a devastating sense of the debased callousness of our age...it speaks some profound and powerful truths'-Daily Telegraph<BR><BR>Enron by Lucy Prebble: 'One of the most incisive, most grown-up political dramas of the past ten years'-Observer<BR><BR>'Magnificently ambitious and original...Enron is a wonderfully entertaining and informative portrait of corporate collapse'-Sunday Times