Verse Drama in England‎,‎ 1900‎-2015 provides a critical and historical exploration of a tradition of modern dramatic creativity that has received very little scholarly attention‎.‎ Exploring the emergence of a distinctly modern verse drama at the turn of the century and its development into the twenty‎-first‎,‎ it counters common assumptions that the form is a marginal‎,‎ fundamentally outdated curiosity‎.‎ Through an examination of the extensive and diverse engagement of literary and theatrical writers‎,‎ directors and musicians‎,‎ Irene Morra identifies in modern verse drama a consistent and often prominent attempt to expand upon‎,‎ revitalize‎,‎ and redefine the contemporary English stage‎.‎ Dramatists discussed include Stephen Phillips‎,‎ Gordon Bottomley‎,‎ John Masefield‎,‎ James Elroy Flecker‎,‎ T‎.‎ S‎.‎ Eliot‎,‎ W‎.‎ H‎.‎ Auden‎,‎ Ronald Duncan‎,‎ Christopher Fry‎,‎ John Arden‎,‎ Anne Ridler‎,‎ Tony Harrison‎,‎ Steven Berkoff‎,‎ Caryl Churchill‎,‎ and Mike Bartlett‎.‎ The book explores the negotiation of these dramatists with the changing position of verse drama in relation to constructi‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎