Autobiography and Performance offers a comprehensive overview of the use of autobiography in performance. Examining the work of key practitioners, Heddon argues that autobiographical performances act as sites of resistance and intervention and uncovers the political potentials and limits that accompany the use of the personal in performance. "The great strength of the book is the range of theories marshaled to support what emerges as a central theme: that selves can be victimized or empowered by narratives and that autobiographical narratives skillfully deployed in public performance foreground the constructedness of both art and life, the public stakes in each, and the possibility for alternatives." —Dorothy Chansky DEIRDRE HEDDON is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.