Books in the Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre series

Theatre and Empowerment examines the ability of drama, theatre, dance and performance to empower communities of very different kinds. Working from a multi-cultural perspective, the book explores the value of performance as an agent of social change, asking how it can help disempowered communities find their own creative voices.

This book describes and analyses theatre productions performed in Israel, America, Poland, France, Italy and Germany which deal with the Holocaust. It traces the development of realistic/documentary stagings through to controversial avant-garde shows. It provides many rare drawings and documents, as well as an important descriptive bibliography.

This book focuses on how theatre can make, and indeed has made, positive political and social interventions in a range of developing cultures. Essays examine particular plays, projects or movements from areas such as South America, Africa, the Caribbean and India. Contributors include Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka.