Mark Fortier is a Professor in the School of Theatre, English and Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare (Routledge 2000) and his research interests include Shakespeare, the intersections of law and literature, and looking at how theory interacts with theatre studies.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 Theatre, Body, Life and LanguageSemioticsPhenomenologyPost-Structuralism and DeconstructionCognitive TheoryChapter 2 Subjectivity and TheatrePsychoanalytic TheoryGender TheoriesIntersectionalityReader-Response and Reception TheoryChapter 3 World and TheatreMaterialist TheoryPostmodern TheoryPost-Colonial TheoryCritical Race TheoryGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Praise for Previous Editions'Fortier’s book is still extremely useful—authoritative, comprehensive, and evenhanded.'- CHOICE, R. Remshardt, University of Florida'As an introduction to the question of theory for the student of theatre, it is excellent.'- Christopher McCullough, MLR

Mark Fortier is a Professor in the School of Theatre, English and Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare (Routledge 2000) and his research interests include Shakespeare, the intersections of law and literature, and looking at how theory interacts with theatre studies.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 Theatre, Body, Life and LanguageSemioticsPhenomenologyPost-Structuralism and DeconstructionCognitive TheoryChapter 2 Subjectivity and TheatrePsychoanalytic TheoryGender TheoriesIntersectionalityReader-Response and Reception TheoryChapter 3 World and TheatreMaterialist TheoryPostmodern TheoryPost-Colonial TheoryCritical Race TheoryGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Praise for Previous Editions'Fortier’s book is still extremely useful—authoritative, comprehensive, and evenhanded.'- CHOICE, R. Remshardt, University of Florida'As an introduction to the question of theory for the student of theatre, it is excellent.'- Christopher McCullough, MLR

Mark Fortier is a Professor in the School of Theatre, English and Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare (Routledge 2000) and his research interests include Shakespeare, the intersections of law and literature, and looking at how theory interacts with theatre studies.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 Theatre, Body, Life and LanguageSemioticsPhenomenologyPost-Structuralism and DeconstructionCognitive TheoryChapter 2 Subjectivity and TheatrePsychoanalytic TheoryGender TheoriesIntersectionalityReader-Response and Reception TheoryChapter 3 World and TheatreMaterialist TheoryPostmodern TheoryPost-Colonial TheoryCritical Race TheoryGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Praise for Previous Editions'Fortier’s book is still extremely useful—authoritative, comprehensive, and evenhanded.'- CHOICE, R. Remshardt, University of Florida'As an introduction to the question of theory for the student of theatre, it is excellent.'- Christopher McCullough, MLR