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Harold Pinter
This important book offers a thematic collection of critical essays, ideal for undergraduate courses on modern British theatre, on Harold Pinter’s theatrical works, alongside new …
Brecht and Post-1990s British Drama
Can theatre change the world? If so, how can it productively connect with social reality and foster spectatorial critique and engagement? This open access book examines the forms …
Ibsen in Practice
The volume reveals an astonishing richness in the theatrical approaches to Ibsen across the world: it considers political theatre, institutional ‘high art’, theatre for …
Brecht in Practice
David Barnett invites readers, students and theatre-makers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brecht's theories and …
Beat Drama
Readers and acolytes of the vital early 1950s-mid 1960s writers known as the Beat Generation tend to be familiar with the prose and poetry by the seminal authors of this period: …
Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre
Presenting a rigorous critical investigation of the reinvigoration of the political in contemporary British theatre, Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre provides …
Performing the Unstageable
From the gouging out of eyes in Shakespeare’s King Lear or Sarah Kane’s Cleansed, to the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, theatre has long been intrigued …
Postdramatic Theatre and the Political
Is postdramatic theatre political and if so how? How does it relate to Brecht's ideas of political theatre, for example? How can we account for the relationship between aesthetics …
Theatre of Real People
Theatre of Real People offers fresh perspectives on the current fascination with putting people on stage who present aspects of their own lives and who are not usually trained …
Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Authenticity is one of the major values of our time. It is visible everywhere, from clothing to food to self-help books. While it is such a prevalent phenomenon, it is also very …
Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd
Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd is an innovative collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of theatre, performance and eco-criticism, which reconfigures …
The Schaubühne Berlin under Thomas Ostermeier
On the 20th anniversary of artistic director Thomas Ostermeier’s time at Berlin's Schaubühne Theatre, this important study reflects on the contribution the theatre has made to …