David Wiles is Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History and author of Theatre and Citizenship: The History of a Practice and Mask and Performance: The Greek Tragedy, amongst many other publications. David Wiles is Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History and author of Theatre and Citizenship: The History of a Practice and Mask and Performance: The Greek Tragedy, amongst many other publications.