Hans-Thies Lehmann is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His numerous publications include Theater und Mythos (1991) on the constitution of the subject in ancient Greek tragedy, Writing the Political (2002) and, with Patrick Primavesi, Heiner Muller Handbuch (2004).
Karen Jurs-Munby is Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Huddersfield.