This book analyses representations of death and dying in modern Western theatre from the late nineteenth century onward, examining how and why historically info

"Extremely well written, and exceedingly well informed, this is a work that opens a variety of important questions in sophisticated and theoretically nuanced wa

The latest collection of Barker's philosophical musings on theatre, this volume includes speculations, deductions, prose poems & poetic apercus, which cast a un

English royal funeral ceremony from Mary, Queen of Scots to James I gives fascinating insight into the relationship between power and ritual at the renaissance

This new title in the Theatre And series confronts the complex relationship between theatre and death. Taking the position that all humans need to 'live' with t