This is the first book to explore the broad political significance of Genet's performance practice by focusing on his radical experiments, polemical subjects and formal innovations in theatre, film and dance. Its new approach brings together the diverse aspects of Genet's work through essays by international scholars and interviews.

DAVID BRADBY Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, University of London, UK MICHEL CORVIN Professor Honore of Theatre Studies, Paris III University, France MARIA M.DELGADO Professor in Drama and Theatre Arts, Queen Mary, University of London, UK DAVID FIENI Writing a PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA JANE GILES Director of Cinema, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK MARTIN HARGREAVES Lecturer in Dance and Performance, De Montfort University, UK ELIZABETH STEPHENS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia JOHN WARRICK PhD Candidate in Theatre, University of Washington, USA PAUL WOODWARD Lecturer in Contemporary Performance Studies, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, UK RALPH YARROW Professor and Chair of Drama, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK INTERVIEWEES: COLIN CHAMBERS TERRY HANDS LYNN JEFFRIES BILL RAUCH JEAN-BAPTISTE SASTRE RICHARD SCHECHNER JOSEPH STRICK.