Theatre and Relationships in Shakespeare’s Later Plays

The Author: Roger Grainger has a Ph.D. for his research into therapeutic drama at Leeds Metropolitan University, and has written several books on the subject. After leaving RADA, he was a member of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, and later on, the Old Vic Company. He is Professor Extraordinary at Northwest University, South Africa, and Research Fellow in Psychology and Therapeutic Studies at Roehampton University. Having worked in the mental health field for more that thirty years, he combines his academic and theatrical work with his psychotherapeutic practice as a Senior Practitioner of the British Psychological Society. He is an Associate Fellow of the BPS, and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

• Contents: Three Scenarios – Theatre and Relationship – Space for Meeting – Catharsis and Sharing – Dramatic Irony – The Perilous Journey – Fathers and Daughters – Theatre and Spirituality – Ghastly Mirth – Ritual and Existential Change.