DAVID IAN RABEY is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at Aberystwyth University, UK, and a dramatist, director and performer. His numerous critical publications include
Howard Barker: Politics and Desire,
English Drama Since 1940 and (as co-editor)
Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker. His dramatic writing includes two volumes,
The Wye Plays and
Lovefuries. He has directed and/or acted in eleven Barker productions to date, including performing in Barker's own production of
The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo. He is an Associate of Barker's theatre company, The Wrestling School.