Theatre and History

This provocative book meets the supposedly ' live' practices of performance and the ' no-longer-live' historical past at their own dangerous crossroads. Focussing on the ' and' of the title, it addresses the tangled relations between the terms, practices, ideas, and aims embedded in these compatriot - but often oppositional - arts and acts of time.

Series Editors' Preface. - 1. Theatre And History. - 2. ' And' . - . - 3. ' History' . - 4. ' Theatre' . - 5. History and the Theatre Artist. - 6. The Anti-theatrical Prejudice. - 7. The Anti-intellectual Prejudice. - 8. Theatre and the Historian. - 9. The Problem with Passions. - 10. The Problem with Archives. - 11. Whose History is Theatre' s History? . - 12. Of Knives and Blood. - Bibliography. - Index.