Acknowledgements
My thanks,first of all, to those who gave me comments on the manuscript,
the proposal or related material: Gabriel Doctor, Sebastian Gardner,
Raymond Geuss, Lucy O’Brien, Sarah Richmond, Jonny Thakkar and the
anonymous Routledge reviewers. On every page, I see improvements they
made and, regrettably on my part, justified criticisms to which I have not
done justice. This book has benefited enormously from conversations I’ve
had with Harry Adamson, Michael Frayn, Rory Madden, Hugh Mellor,
Véronique Munoz-Dardé, Lydia Wilson and the students in my class on
philosophy and theatre–my thanks for their time. I am grateful to Tony
Bruce and Adam Johnson at Routledge for their help and support. Various
friends and family members have been kind enough to ask how the book
was going (‘was it on something, theatre and something?’), of whom
some have been indulgent enough to listen to the answer. Without the hard
work and support of my UCL colleagues–academic and administrative,
Philosophy and European Studies–I doubt this book could have seen the
light of day. Thanks,finally, for all this and more, to Andrea Haslanger.