Trevor Griffiths je anglický dramatik, jehož díla se často zabývají politickými a společenskými tématy s ostrou dialektickou přesností. Jeho psaní se vyznačuje hlubokým porozuměním historickým událostem a schopností vykreslit složité postavy, které se pohybují na hraně ideologie a osobních přesvědčení. Prostřednictvím divadelních her a filmových scénářů zkoumá dynamiku moci a povahu revolučních hnutí. Jeho práce jsou ceněny pro svou intelektuální hloubku a stylistickou zdatnost.
These plays are set at turning points in history. The first play is set at the height of the Great Terror in 1794, on the eve of the execution of Danton while the second follows the lives of seven young people from their primary school days in the 1970s to the turn of the 21st century.
Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical underpinning.In exploring the histories, cross-overs and intersections of physical theatres, this critical Reader provides:six new, specially commissioned essays, covering each of the book s main themes, from technical traditions to contemporary practises discussion of issues such as the foregrounding of the body, training and performance processes, and the origins of theatre in both play and human cognition a focus on the relationship and tensions between the verbal and the physical in theatre contributions from Augusto Boal, Stephen Berkoff, tienne Decroux, Bertolt Brecht, David George, J-J. Rousseau, Ana Sanchez Colberg, Michael Chekhov, Jeff Nuttall, Jacques Lecoq, Yoshi Oida, Mike Pearson, and Aristotle.