Vicky Angelaki is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Reading, UK. She has published extensively on modern and contemporary British and European theatre and her research focuses on internationalism, translation, adaptation, philosophy, spectatorial perception, and the politics of experimental performance. Major publications include The Plays of Martin Crimp: Making Theatre Strange (2012) and Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground (2013).

In so far as theatre holds up the mirror to our society, this detailed examination of plays from writers concerned with the current crises of individual alienation ... makes the book a timely exercise.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Theatres of Crisis1. Too Much Information: Caryl Churchill and Post-millennial Angst2. Occupy the Audience: Mike Bartlett and the Collectivity of Resistance3. Defined by Debt: Dennis Kelly and Capitalist Dependencies4. Austerity VS Prosperity: Duncan Macmillan, Nick Payne and the Economy of Emotion 5. Utopia to Dystopia: Martin Crimp and the Illusion of Insularity6. The Darkness within: Simon Stephens and the Depth of Melancholy 7. Residues of Violence: debbie tucker green and Desolate Urban Landscapes8. Trials of Happiness: Lucy Prebble and the Human ExperimentConclusionEpilogueIndex

Vicky Angelaki is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Reading, UK. She has published extensively on modern and contemporary British and European theatre and her research focuses on internationalism, translation, adaptation, philosophy, spectatorial perception, and the politics of experimental performance. Major publications include The Plays of Martin Crimp: Making Theatre Strange (2012) and Contemporary British Theatre: Breaking New Ground (2013).

In so far as theatre holds up the mirror to our society, this detailed examination of plays from writers concerned with the current crises of individual alienation ... makes the book a timely exercise.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Theatres of Crisis1. Too Much Information: Caryl Churchill and Post-millennial Angst2. Occupy the Audience: Mike Bartlett and the Collectivity of Resistance3. Defined by Debt: Dennis Kelly and Capitalist Dependencies4. Austerity VS Prosperity: Duncan Macmillan, Nick Payne and the Economy of Emotion 5. Utopia to Dystopia: Martin Crimp and the Illusion of Insularity6. The Darkness within: Simon Stephens and the Depth of Melancholy 7. Residues of Violence: debbie tucker green and Desolate Urban Landscapes8. Trials of Happiness: Lucy Prebble and the Human ExperimentConclusionEpilogueIndex