Ariane de Waal. Theatre on Terror: Subject Positions in British Drama. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017, viii + 297 pp., €99.95 (hardback), €99.95 (PDF ebook). Clare Finburgh. Watching War on the Twenty-First Century Stage: Spectacles of Conflict. London: Bloomsbury, 2017, xv + 355 pp., £75 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £29.99 (PDF ebook).

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Theatre explores the representation of terrorism and conflict, particularly post-9/11.
Ariane de Waal and Clare Finburgh contribute significant works to the literature on this topic.
Both authors investigate the relationship between stage narratives and societal impacts of war.
Their analyses highlight a developing scholarly focus on the intersection of theatre and contemporary conflict.

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The representation of recent wars and acts of terror(ism) on stage, as well as the relationship between theatre and the aftermath of 9/11 have been the subject of several publications in the last few years. While it might still be early to speak about the birth of a distinctive field of study, Ariane de Waal’s and Claire Finburgh’s respective monographs are welcome additions to the growing body of literature on this topic.

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