Review

"Few scholars could have attempted such an ambitious project. The book is the product of extensive theatregoing and an immense knowledge of dramatic literatures and critical traditions. Carlson has given us a road map for future research...Speaking in Tongues is an important contribution to the field."---Edward Ziter, New York University, for Theatre Survey

"Carlson is able to reveal the deep history of . . . issues of language and power that scholars have previously examined as contemporary phenomena or as parts of localized tradition . . . The book is the product of extensive theatregoing and an immense knowledge of dramatic literatures and critical traditions. Carlson has given us a road map for future research."
---Theatre Survey