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Examining the ways in which contemporary Western theatre protests against the ‘War on Terror’, this book analyses six twenty-first century plays that respond to the post-9/11 military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. The plays are written by some of the most significant writers of this century and the last including Elfriede Jelinek, Caryl Churchill, Hélène Cixous and Tony Kushner. Anti-war Theatre After Brecht grapples with the problem of how to make theatre that protests the policies of democratically elected Western governments in a post-Marxist era. It shows how the Internet has become a key tool for disseminating anti-war play texts and how online social media forums are changing traditional dramatic aesthetics and broadening opportunities for spectator access, engagement and interaction with a work and the political alternatives it puts forward.

Culture --- Communication. --- Social media. --- Theater --- Performing arts. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Performing Arts. --- Theatre History. --- Media and Communication. --- Social Media. --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in literature. --- Political plays --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- War and theater. --- Theater and social media. --- Political aspects --- History --- History and criticism. --- Theater and the war. --- Social media and theater --- Theater and war --- Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 --- Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) --- Terror War, 2001-2009 --- Terrorism War, 2001-2009 --- War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- Political drama --- Politicians --- Politics, Practical --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Social media --- Military history, Modern --- Terrorism --- World politics --- Afghan War, 2001 --- -Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 --- -Political drama --- Drama --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Prevention --- Theater-History. --- User-generated media --- Communication --- User-generated content --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- Theater—History.