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Biographical Theatre: Re-Presenting Real People?

Biographical Theatre offers the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of biographical characters in contemporary British theatre. It presents a detailed analysis of seven performances and relates the findings to general questions raised by the use of historical characters. An analysis of audience reactions through in-depth interviews of participants who saw four productions and a survey of audience members from a fifth play to consolidate the indicative results from the interviews, adds another important perspective, which is often ignored in theatre studies. It therefore offers an extensive analysis of the topic that is based on a range of different methodological approaches.