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"the ABBEY THEATRE" in Dublin, It was first built in 1904 and became the most important theatre of the country.

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Drama regained its urgency because writers felt pressing need to break up old models, reshape the past with the aim of breaking free from ghost of Irish history. They moved towards a more theatrical improvisation.

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The content of British plays has become more and more revolutionary. British dramatists were all protesting against society. The theatre was subsidised by Arts Council, the local authorities and private companies. The abolition of theatre censorship gave playwright more freedom, they questioned and overthrew the traditional rules of sexual morality and the convention of marriage. A significant development there was with the rise of socialist theatre in the decade from 1968 to 1978. in this crucial years the political component could not be ignored. Fringe theatre and companies in basement, attics and the back room of pubs start to increase all over the country. The decline of the “fringe” at the end of 1970s was connected to shift to right political opinion. This theatre failed in make any change in working-class consciousness. Edward Bond and Caryl Churchill are two theater directors who are very important today and involved in affirming their idea of ​​theatre. in an interview Bond said: "I've been as helpful as I can,I think the work in the British theater at the moment is not good and I don't think people really understand much about the possibilities of theatre. I 'm certain they don't rise to the crisis of drama that we are presented with."

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In this plays developed an interest in genuine working-class idiom and the description of urban settings. Realism and political concern were the main features. The main Representative of this trend is Arnold Wesker.

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John Osborne started a revolutionary phase in English drama. “Look back in anger” was first performed at Royal Court Theatre in London. The play was written in a conventional form, with a realistic set and a continuous, logical, easy-to-follow plot. The novelty were:

Outspokenness of its language;

Open criticism of establishment values;

thoughtful working-class anti-hero that rebel against society;

the writer became the spokesman of a frustrated generation, with raw language speak to real people.

They they became known as “Angry Young Men”.

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the present scene in varied and rich. two very famous writers today are Bruce Chatwin, he have an essentially benign view of human nature in relationship with his environment, and Ian McEwan, reveal a deep capacity to experience, describe and arouse feelings.

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It derives from new consciousness of the singularity of women’s outlook and social role. They are not only interested in portraying female persona life, but also questioning social and intellectual problems. Is showed the conflict between the heroine perception of herself and the image she presents to the world. Margaret Drabble deal with a girl’s development toward maturity, love, marriage and motherhood. She focused on the career of a woman her relationship between her and the English society.

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William Golding masterpiece "Lord of the Flies"

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Is expressed the horror of the present and fear for the future. Writers as Golding are concerned and expressed his view of thinness of the protective civilized layer keeping man from barbarism and brutal annihilation of his own kind.

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Fantasy then developed in the “magic realism”, a trend that mingles the realistic with the unexpected and inexplicable, in which elements of dream, fairy story or mythology are combined with everyday reality. this trend of magic realism has been attached to some Latin-American writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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Is a form of anti-realism. “The Lord of the Ring” involves elves, dwarves and dragons and comments on reality through allegories and mythology, and by Harry Potter fantasy series created by J.K. Rowling. Its purpose is to captivate and amuse the reader, immersing him in an incredible world.

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the best-known work "Lucky Jim" by Kingsley Amis.

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Characterized by the appearance of Neo-realism, a trend which worked against Modernism. This led to social protest. This was associated mostly with a group of young graduate writers, mostly of middle-class or lower origins, deeply dissatisfied with their reality. They were nicknamed “Angry young men”. They portrayed a conflict-ridden everyday reality through the figure of a young hero (who was always a provincial and lower-middle or working class in origin) that climb the social ladder.

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Individualism and pluralism are dominant even if every novelist share particular themes an techniques

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Several Irish poets turned back to the past instead of looking forward. They considered nature as the locus of Ireland’s historical memory, both political and private.

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Christopher Reid, from his collection derives the name of this group of poets.

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In the 1970s and 1980s there’s not an important poetical movement that followed The Liverpool poets, except for the “martians” the name comes from the title of collection by Raine, he shown familiar earthly sight through the eyes of a visiting Martian. He looked at reality with distorting filter, used unfamiliar method of communication.

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Liverpool became a new center of poetical activity together with London. There were revolutions in pop music with the Beatles and during this period the so called “Liverpool poets” were influenced by this music and they were also referred as “pop poets”. They wrote to young, using simple, clear, direct and immediate language. In their themes they mixed personal feeling and innocent protest against the establishment.

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In late 1950s and in the early 1960s started to develop poetry and jazz meetings, this urban poetry developed rapidly and was associated with rock music and festivals. The poetry became popular among ordinary people, especially the young. They became spokesmen of common people.

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Overview of events from the end of the Second World War to the beginning of the 21st century.

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They were less famous and haven’t any sort of programme o manifesto. They expressed a radical protest against Movement poets, who are accused of ignoring the real contemporary problems.

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Early in the 1950s there were signs of reaction in poetry, most of them came from lower-middle class newly empowered by post-war Labour. Most were teachers of English and they didn’t share a common set of beliefs but they all reacted against some trends in British poetry. They showed a tendency towards cultural provincialism and British insularity, aimed to creating rational and comprehensible poetry about contemporary everyday life, using simple, clear and concrete language.