1. Introduction -- 2. Popular theatre in historical perspective -- 3. The events of 1968 and their radical cultural concepts -- 4. Revolutionary voices in the American political theatre The San Francisco Mime Troupe El Teatro Campesino The Bread and Puppet Theater -- 5. Radical popular theatre in regional France Le Théâtre Populaire de Lorraine Lo Teatre de la Carriera -- 6. Regional theatre in Great Britain The 7:84 Theatre Company -- 7. Emancipatory drama for children and youth in West Germany Radical Popular Theatre for the Next Generation -- 8. From Milan for the world Il Collettivo Teatrale la Comune -- 9. Radical popular theatre in Franco's Spain and after La Cuadra de Sevilla The Basque Provinces Tábano Els Joglars -- 10. Conclusion General characteristics of radical popular theatre