(Applause Books). Available for the First Time in PaperbackFrom Aristotles Poetics to Vaclav Havel, the debate about the nature and function of theatre has been marked by controversy. Daniel Geroulds landmark work, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, collects historys most influential Eastern and Western dramatic theorists poets, playwrights, directors and philosophers whose ideas about theatre continue to shape its future. In complete texts and choice excerpts spanning centuries, we see an ongoing dialogue and exchange of ideas between actors and directors like Craig and Meyerhold, and writers such as Nietzsche and Yeats. Each of Geroulds introductory essays shows fascinating insight into both the life and the theory of the author. From Horace to Soyinka, Corneille to Brecht, this is an indispensable compendium of the greatest dramatic theory ever written.