Contemporary European Theatre Directors Condition:Like New whereas da Vinci has been

whereas da Vinci has been skating for years on his ability to do shading

and also understood too late

as the brooding

ready to display his talents and his ignorance

and this is a truly necessary book (Philip

Contemporary European Theatre Directors Condition:Like New whereas da Vinci has been'An invaluable book that we shall all be using for a long time to come' Michael Billington Contemporary European Theatre Directors is an ambitious and unprecedented overview of many of the key directors working in European theatre over the past fifty years. It is a vivid account of the vast range of work undertaken in European theatre during this period, situated lucidly in its artistic, cultural and political context. The resulting study is a