'A thoroughly useful volume of carefully compiled and intelligently discussed material. In tracing a lineage from the socialist working class theatre of the early twentieth century to contemporary examples such as Forced Entertainment, Jason Price makes an important contribution to debates about popular theatre.' - Oliver Double, University of Kent, UK 'Jason Price's Modern Popular Theatre offers a necessary alternative ... Read moretheatre history for the last century, one that focuses on the important lineage of politically engaged theatres, the many practitioners, performance works, and theories that make up this genealogy. He foregrounds the disparate ways all are in conversation with the contested notion of 'the popular'.' - Claudia Orenstein, Hunter College, CUNY, USA Show Less