Books by Nicholas Ridout

Proposes that theatre spectatorship has made a significant contribution to the historical development of a distinctive bourgeois sensibility. This engagingly written treatise on history, class, and spectatorship offers compelling proof of "why theater matters", and demonstrates the importance of examining the question historically.

A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world

What is ethics and what has it got to do with theatre? Drawing on both theoretical material and practical examples, Ridout makes a clear and compelling critical intervention, raising fundamental questions about what theatre is for and how audiences interact with it.