Background Information 1.Author He is one of the world's most commercially successful dramatists,and has demonstrated over a long and constantly evolving career that it is possible to both a popular and a serious artist. He has been called "wildly funny and deeply tragic","a left-wing writer using a right-wing form",and "the most acute analyst of contemporary British society",although he occasionally insists that his only intention is to entertain. I. Author He is one of the world’s most commercially successful dramatists, and has demonstrated over a long and constantly evolving career that it is possible to both a popular and a serious artist. He has been called “wildly funny and deeply tragic”, “a left-wing writer using a right-wing form”, and “the most acute analyst of contemporary British society”, although he occasionally insists that his only intention is to entertain. Background Information