Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture

Western culture has a long and fraught history of cultural appropriation, a history that has particular resonance within performance practice. Patrice Pavis asks what is at stake politically and aesthetically when cultures meet at the crossroads of theatre.?
A series of major recent productions are analysed, including Peter Brook''s Mahabharata, Cixous/Mnouchkine''s Indiande, and Barba''s Faust. T...