Thomas Ostermeier is the most internationally recognised German theatre director of the present. With this book he presents his directorial method for the first time. The Theatre of Thomas Ostermeier provides a toolkit for understanding and enacting the strategies of his advanced contemporary approach to staging dramatic texts. In addition the book includes Ostermeiers seminal essays lectures and manifestos translated into English for the first time. Over 140 photos from the archive of Arno Decl