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For [[Alain ]] [[Badiou]], theatre—unlike cinema—creates a [[space ]] in which [[philosophy ]] can be lived. It is, of all the [[arts]], the most closely related to [[politics]]: both depend on a limited [[number ]] of [[texts ]] or statements, which are collectively enacted by a group of actors or militants who [[test ]] the limits of the [[structure ]] inn which they are confined, be it the medium of drama or the [[nation]]-[[state]]. For this [[reason]], the [[history ]] of theatre is inseparable from the history of state [[repression ]] and [[censorship]].

This definitive collection of Badiou’s [[work ]] on the theatre includes not only the title essay “Rhapsody for the Theatre,” originally published as a pamphlet in [[France]], but also essay on Jean-[[Paul ]] [[Sartre]], on the [[political ]] destiny of contemporary drama, and on Badiou’s own work as a playwright.