2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Theatre Theory


Theatre Theory Books

The Empty Space
The Theater and Its Double
A Director Prepares
Theatre of the Oppressed
Towards a Poor Theatre
Brecht on Theatre
An Actor Prepares
The Theatre of the Absurd
Performance Theory (Routledge Classics)
Poetics
Postdramatic Theatre
Theory/Theatre: An Introduction
Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
The Actor and the Target
The Open Door: Thoughts on Acting and Theatre
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Angels in America by Tony KushnerThe Empty Space by Peter BrookWuthering Heights by Emma RiceContemporary Theatre in Egypt by Marvin A. CarlsonHedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Contemporary Theatre Studies
45 books — 2 voters