This volume provides a theoretical framework for some of the most important play-writing in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century. Examining repre

Michael Patterson analyzes a group of twentieth century British playwrights' respective strategies for persuading audiences of the need for radical restructurin

David Edgar's writings address the most basic questions of how humans organize and govern themselves in modern societies. This study brings together the discipl

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

This collection of scholarly essays offers a new understanding of local and global myths that have been constructed around Shakespeare in theatre, cinema, and t