This compact, well-illustrated and clearly written book offers an essential guide to the complex and contradictory nature of this master of theatre.Routledge Performance Practitioners are a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth and twenty-first century performance.These compact, well-illustrated and clearly written books unravel the contribution of modern theatre's most charismatic innovators, through:personal biographyexplanation of key writingsdescription of significant productionsreproduction of practical exercises.As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today's student.