Theatre in Pieces: politics, poetics and interdisciplinary collaboration is an innovative compilation of seven highly acclaimed productions by key practitioners of
non-playwright-driven theatre. Each playtext is reproduced in full and accompanied by extensive notes from members of the original producing theatre. A substantial introduction by Anna Furse
provides an overview of the works and contextualizes their reading by revealing how a script can emerge from or provoke a collaborative devising process.
The works featured include: Hotel Methuselah, Imitating the Dog/Pete Brooks; Don Juan. Who?, Athletes of the Heart; A Girl Skipping, Graeme Miller;
Trans-Acts, Julia Bardsley; US, Bouffes du Nord/Peter Brook; Miss America, Split Britches and 48 Minutes for Palestine, Mojisola
Adebayo and Ashtar Theatre.
The notion of writing for interdisciplinary collaboration is at the core of the selected plays which makes this a very unique collection and the extensive Introduction and notes make this an
invaluable resource for any student of theatre and performance.
