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''In Praise of Theatre'' is [[Alain ]] Badiou’s latest [[work ]] on the ‘most [[complete ]] of the [[arts]],’ the theatrical [[stage]]. This book, certain to be of great interest to scholars and theatre practitioners alike, elaborates the [[theory ]] of the theatre developed by [[Badiou ]] in works such as ''[[Rhapsody for the Theatre]]'' and the ‘Theses on Theatre’ and enquires into the status of a theatre that would be adequate to our ‘contemporary, [[market]]-oriented chaos.’

In a departure from his usual emphasis upon canonical [[figures ]] of the stage such as Bertolt [[Brecht ]] and Samuel Beckett, Badiou devotes ''In Praise of Theatre'' largely to a consideration of contemporary practitioners, including Jan Fabre, Brigitte Jacques and Romeo Castellucci. In addition, the book features an incisive [[analysis ]] of the precarious status of the theatre today, in which Badiou describes not only the current [[threats ]] to the theatre from the [[right]], but the far more insidious [[threat ]] from the [[left]].