An examination of the challenges inherent in making theatre. Focusing on the courage required to create "art with great presence", each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas identified with art-making: violence; memory; terror; eroticism; stereotype; embarrassment; and resistance.

A step-by-step guide to directing for the stage. It provides assistance with various aspects of the varied challenges facing all theatre directors. It addresses topics such as: the ideas that underpin a play's text; preparing improvisations; twelve Golden Rules for working with actors; and, analysing your work after a run has ended.

In this pioneering new work, Dan Goodley develops an important new line of enquiry into the comparison of the non-disabled and disabled and disrupting the boundaries between them. This accessible text will appeal to students and researchers of disability across a range of disciplines, as well as disability activists, policymakers, and practitioners working directly with disabled people.

Grouped around four central themes - illness and impairment, disabling processes, care and control, and cultural representations - this exciting book presents new voices in disability research, demonstrating its breadth and depth and moving beyond traditional concerns in disability studies.