Drawing primarily on Judith Butler's, Jacques Derrida's, Emmanuel Levinas's and Jean-Luc Nancy's reflections on precariousness/precarity, the Self and the Other, ethical responsibility/obligation, forgiveness, hos(ti)pitality and community, the essays in this volume examine the various ways in which contemporary British drama and theatre engage with 'the precarious'. Crucially, what emerges from the discussion of a wide range of plays - including Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem , Caryl Churchill's Here We Go , Martin Crimp's Fewer Emergencies and In the Republic of Happiness , Tim Crouch's The Author , Forced Entertainment's Tomorrow's Parties , David Greig's The American Pilot and The Events , Dennis Kelly's Love and Money , Mark Ravenhill's Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat , Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur , Robin Soans's Talking to Terrorists , Simon Stephens's Pornography , theTheatre Uncut project, debbie tucker green's dirty butterfly and Laura Wade's Posh - is the observation that contemporary (British) drama and theatre often realises its thematic and