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- ISBN: 9780415965804 | 0415965802
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/12/2003
Beginning with a brief essay by internationally renowned playwright Harold Pinter,Captive Audienceexamines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural problems of incarceration as explored through contemporary theatre. The original essays discuss a wide range of topics related to the intersection of theatre and prison, including Harold Pinter's screenplays forThe Handmaid's TaleandThe Trial, Theatrical Prison Projects,Marat/Sade, and themes of imprisonment in US Latino drama. This is the first collection on this increasingly popular and important topic.