Ariane de Waal. Theatre on Terror: Subject Positions in British Drama. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017, viii + 297 pp., €99.95 (hardback), €99.95 (PDF ebook). Clare Finburgh. Watching War on the Twenty-First Century Stage: Spectacles of Conflict. London: Bloomsbury, 2017, xv + 355 pp., £75 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £29.99 (PDF ebook).

Abstract

The representation of recent wars and acts of terror(ism) on stage, as well as the relationship between theatre and the aftermath of 9/11 have been the subject of several publications in the last few years. While it might still be early to speak about the birth of a distinctive field of study, Ariane de Waal’s and Claire Finburgh’s respective monographs are welcome additions to the growing body of literature on this topic.