This book presents a series of original essays which attempt to make connections between dramatic and political history and to reveal the attractions of terror as a theme for contemporary theatre. Professor Daniel Gerould writes on the dramatic and political history of terror, Michael Patterson on Piscator, Brecht and modern German theatre. Richard Boon contributes a cameo study of Howard Brenton, and Susanne Greenhalgh’s essay analyzes women and terrorism in contemporary drama. Dragan Klaic writes on the Yugoslav playwright Dusan Jovanovic, and Lado Kralj examines models of terror in German Expressionism. This book considers a range of plays from a broad choice of countries.