Theatre and Violence

Lucy Nevitt was formerly Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of the West of England. She trained as an actor combatant with BASSC and has published research in staged combat, sport and spectacle. She is currently working on a project investigating the connections between theatre and science.

• Series Editors' PrefaceForeword by Catherine CusackIntroduction: Two Examples of Spectating Violence1. Thinking about Theatre and Violence2. Spectatorship3. Cause and Effect4. The Act of Showing: Performativity and Ideology5. History and Canonical Violence6. Actuality and Simulation7. Beyond PerformanceConclusionFurther ReadingAcknowledgementsIndex.