The judges have now announced their short list for the Theatre Book Prize for books published in 2017. From sixty submissions they have selected:

Balancing Acts
by Nicholas Hytner (Jonathan Cape)

Black British Drama – A Transnational Story
by Michael Pearce (Routledge)

Child Actors on the London Stage, c 1600
by Julie Ackroyd (Sussex Academic Press)

Costume in Performance
by Donatella Barbieri (Bloomsbury)

London Theatres
by Michael Coveney and Peter Dazeley (Frances Lincoln)

Shakespeare on Stage: Vol 2, Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles
by Julian Curry (Nick Hern Books)

More details can be found on the main Theatre Book Prize page.