Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiencesis a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theoriesof spectatorship and the practiceof different theatres and their audiences. Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiencesnow includes: • a new preface by the author • a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre • a revised up-to-date bibliography. Theatre Audiencesis a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences, and will be valuable reading for practitioners and others involved in the theatre. Susan Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is author of Performing Nostalgia(Routledge 1995).