The work of British playwright Simon Gray (1936-2008) has always discouraged labels. His inventive plays never lodged easily within the confines of ideologies and, as a consequence, have failed to garner the critical scholarship afforded his peers. This book examines Gray's legacy, from his early plays which hack away at the formalism and humanism of traditional English Satire, to his later work, in which he explores English professionals and their problems connecting with each other. If he remains the least known major English dramatist of his day, he's also one of the boldest and best.