Balme, Christopher B. The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies. Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0521856225. Available at the UNED online library.
Carlson, Marvin. Theatre: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0199669820
Theatre Dictionaries
Law, Jonathan. The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre. Methuen Drama, 2011. ISBN: 9781408131473
Pavis, Patrice. Dictionary of the Theatre. Terms, Concepts and Analysis. University of Toronto Press, 1998. ISBN: 0802081630
Pavis, Patrice. The Routledge Dictionary of Performance and Contemporary Theatre. Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9781138854352
General Overview of Contemporary British Playwrights
Middeke, Martin, Peter Paul Schnierer y Aleks Sierz. TheMethuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights. Methuen Drama, 2011. ISBN: 9781408122785
Series “Decades of Modern British Playwriting.”
Megson, Chris. Modern British Playwriting: The 1970s. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Methuen Drama, 2012. ISBN: 9781408129388
Milling, Jane. Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Methuen Drama, 2013. ISBN: 9781408157107
Nicholson, Steve. Modern British Playwriting: The 1960s. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Methuen Drama, 2013. ISBN: 9781408129579
Pattie, David. Modern British Playwriting: The 1950s. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Methuen Drama, 2012. ISBN: 9781408129272
Rebellato, Dan. Modern British Playwriting: 2000-2009. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Methuen Drama, 2013. ISBN: 9781408129562
Sierz, Aleks. Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Methuen Drama, 2014. ISBN: 9781408129265