Overview

This edited collection brings together a team of internationally prominent academics and delivers cutting-edge discourse on the strongly emerging tradition of experimentation in contemporary British theatre - redefining what the dramatic stands for today. Each chapter of the collection focuses on influential contemporary plays and playwrights.

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Vicky Angelaki's collection Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground is a fascinating and enlightening read ... . Thought-provoking and timely, the whole volume is strongly concerned with questions of ethics and witnessing, and with the relationship between the theatre and its audience. ... Ultimately, this whole collection explores the dialogue between the theatre and the audience, and it covers new ground, shared between stage and spectators. (Julia Boll, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, Vol. 3 (2), 2015)

“Vicky Angelaki’s collection Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground is a fascinating and enlightening read … . Thought-provoking and timely, the whole volume is strongly concerned with questions of ethics and witnessing, and with the relationship between the theatre and its audience. … Ultimately, this whole collection explores the dialogue between the theatre and the audience, and it covers new ground, shared between stage and spectators.” (Julia Boll, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, Vol. 3 (2), 2015)

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Vicky Angelaki, University of Birmingham, UK Mireia Aragay, University of Barcelona, Spain Marissia Fragkou, University of Birmingham, UK Lynette Goddard, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK Chris Megson, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK Enric Monforte, University of Barcelona, Spain Dan Rebellato, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK Elizabeth Sakellaridou, Aristotle University, Greece Liz Tomlin, University of Birmingham, UK

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