Editing Howard Barker (section)

==Productions==
Barker has acknowledged he has had greater success as playwright internationally than in his home country of Britain and many of his plays have been translated into other languages. He has noted that his plays have been more successful when performed abroad in [[America]], [[Australia]] and [[Europe]],<ref>[http://www.thewrestlingschool.co.uk/twspages/barker.html interview with Howard Barker by Nick Hobbes on ''The Wrestling School'' Website]</ref> especially [[mainland Europe]] where Barker has been celebrated as "one of the major writers of modern European theatre".

In Britain, Barker is "largely unknown" and he has been described as "cut[ting] a [[Byronic]] dash in British Theatre – sardonic, detached, the insider's outsider."<ref name=CambridgeGuide/> Barker's work has influenced and inspired a number of notable British playwrights, including [[Sarah Kane]], [[David Greig (dramatist)|David Greig]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |title=A sad hurrah |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jul/01/stage |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 July 2000}}</ref> [[Lucy Kirkwood]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Hemming |first=Sarah |title=Lucy Kirkwood on going from kitchen to courthouse with 'The Welkin' |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2cccd7de-3228-11ea-a329-0bcf87a328f2 |access-date=11 October 2020 |work=Financial Times |location=London |date=10 January 2020}}</ref> and [[Dennis Kelly (writer)|Dennis Kelly]].<ref>{{cite interview |last1=Kelly |first1=Dennis |last2=Aberg |first2=Maria |interviewer=Aleks Sierz |title=DENNIS KELLY AND MARIA ABERG: THE GODS WEEP |url=http://www.theatrevoice.com/audio/dennis-kelly-and-maria-aberg-the-gods-weep/ |work=TheatreVoice |type=Interview: Audio |date=4 March 2005 |access-date=19 March 2010}}</ref> Noted actors [[Ian McDiarmid]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Productions |url=http://www.thewrestlingschool.co.uk/past.html |access-date=17 August 2015 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602034326/http://www.thewrestlingschool.co.uk/past.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Fiona Shaw]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Scenes from an Execution, National Theatre, review |date=5 October 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9590236/Scenes-from-an-Execution-National-Theatre-review.html}}</ref> have received acclaim for their performances in Barker's plays.<ref>{{cite news |last=Irvine |first=Lindesay |title=Podcast: Howard Barker talks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2006/dec/06/podcasthowardbarkertalks |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=6 December 2006 |access-date=21 December 2008}}</ref>

In Britain, Howard Barker formed The Wrestling School Company in 1988 to produce his own work in his native country.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wrestling School |url=http://www.thewrestlingschool.co.uk/tws.html |publisher=Thewrestlingschool.co.uk |access-date=21 December 2008 |archive-date=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528210740/http://www.thewrestlingschool.co.uk/tws.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There has been a small flurry of productions of Barker's plays on the London Fringe since 2007, including some non-Wrestling School productions which seem to fare better critically. Notable among these have been ''Victory''<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |title=Victory |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/mar/10/victory-arcola-london-review |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=10 March 2009 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> and ''Scenes from An Execution'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |title=Scenes from an Execution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/jan/17/theatre1 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=17 January 2007 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> which received acclaimed productions at the Arcola and the Hackney Empire respectively. In 2012 the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] staged a production of ''Scenes from an Execution'', starring Fiona Shaw and [[Tim McInnerny]].