Documentary Theatre and Performance

"What distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the years, and to what effect? What is its relationship to truth and reality, and defining moments of civic unrest and political change? In this short authoritative book, Andy Lavender examines these questions and others as he surveys a century of documentary theatre and analyzes key productions, ranging from Piscator's In Spite of Everything in Berlin in 1925, through to 21st century productions providing mediations and experiences of Islam, immigration and western identity"--