Contemporary European Theatre Directors

<p>This expanded second edition of <i>Contemporary European Theatre Directors</i> is an ambitious and unprecedented overview of many of the key directors working in European theatre over the past 30 years.</p><p>This book is a vivid account of the vast range of work undertaken in European theatre during the last three decades situated lucidly in its artistic cultural and political context. Each chapter discusses a particular director showing the influences on their work how it has developed over time its reception and the complex relation it has with its social and cultural context. The volume includes directors living and working in Italy Germany France Spain Poland Russia Romania the UK Belgium Switzerland and the Netherlands offering a broad and international picture of the directing landscape. </p><p>Now revised and updated <i>Contemporary European Theatre Directors</i> is an ideal text for both undergraduate and postgraduate directing students as well as those researching contemporary theatre practices providing a detailed guide to the generation of directors whose careers were forged and tempered in the changing Europe following the end of the Cold War.</p>