Verbatim Theatre

Theatre that incorporates the words of real people

The Colour of Justice
The Colour of Justice, by Richard Norton-Taylor, drew on the Metropolitan police’s handling of the Stephen Lawrence case. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardian

Verbatim theatre, as Will Hammond and Dan Steward point out in their excellent book on the subject, is not a form but a technique: a way of incorporating the words of real people, as spoken in private interview or public record, into drama. 

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https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/may/08/michael-billington-verbatim-theatre