Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Staging a play: the problem of page and stage -- From devising to adaptation: redefining 'faithfulness' -- New writing: moving into the twenty-first century -- Verbatim theatre: engaging the audience -- Relational new works: authoring together -- Conclusion.

'Theatre-Making' explores modes of authorship in contemporary theatre seeking to transcend the heritage of binaries from the twentieth century such as text-based vs. devised theatre, East vs. West, theatre vs. performance - with reference to genealogies though which these categories have been constructed in the English-speaking world.