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5、ofBristol.HeistheauthorofThePoliticsofPerformance:RadicalTheatreasCulturalIntervention(1992)andTheRadicalinPerformance:BetweenBrechtandBaudrillard(1999),andhaspublishedinmanyjournalsincludingTheatreJournal,NewTheatreQuarterlyandTheDramaReview.CambridgeH

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8、mprehensiveandcomprehensiblehistoryoftheatre,ofwhichplaysareapartbutbynomeansthewhole.TheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatre,Volume:OriginstoeditedbyjanemillingandpeterthomsonTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatre,Volume:to