Unwitting Influences in Theatre tries to clarify some mutual theatrical influences within European theatre and between American and European avant-garde theatre. Most of all it raises the is there any mutual exchange at all? Since the 1960's American theatre has had a great influence on European theatre, but is this a one way direction? American and European scholars take a critical look at these 'unwitting influences' and try to find out how mutual these exchanges are in reality. This results in an overview of recent developments in European and American theatre, so that Unwitting Influences in Theatre at the same time serves as a thorough introduction to the state of the art in contemporary theatre in Europe and the United States.