Reviews of Rethinking Character in Contemporary British Theatre

“A highly significant contribution to character studies and political theatre”, “a stimulating, rewarding, and pleasurable read: it navigates complex ideas clearly and persuasively and offers politically incisive and imaginative readings of a sample of contemporary work”.

Siân Adiseshiah, Review of Rethinking Character in Contemporary British Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics, Subjectivity, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English 5.2 (2017), 410-414.


“The book’s chief value lies, at least for this reviewer, in achieving a positive outlook on the potential power of even the most opaquely experimental postmodern theatre in contributing to the reinforcement of trust and hope in humanity”.

Mária Kurdi, ‘The Resurrection of Dramatic Character’, Review of Rethinking Character in Contemporary British Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics, Subjectivity, Focus: Papers in English Literary and Cultural Studies 11 (2018), 145-149