Dennis Kennedy (born 1940, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States), is an author of books on theater and performance. He is also a playwright, director, and fiction writer. He holds dual citizenship in the USA and Ireland. His recent book on audiences, The Spectator and the Spectacle, was widely and positively reviewed.[1][2][3]
^Seamon, Mark (April 2012). "The Spectator and the Spectacle: Audiences in Modernity and Postmodernity. By Dennis Kennedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009; pp. x + 249. $98 cloth, $35.99 paper". Theatre Survey. 53 (1): 146–148. doi:10.1017/S0040557411000834. S2CID162764325.
^Nibbelink, Liesbeth Groot (March 2010). "The Spectator and the Spectacle: Audiences in Modernity and Postmodernity. By Dennis Kennedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. x + 250 + 11 illus. £50/$99 Hb. - Modes of Spectating. Edited by Alison Oddey and Christine White. Bristol: Intellect, 2009. Pp. 266 + 40 illus. £19.95/$40 Pb". Theatre Research International. 35 (1): 88–90. doi:10.1017/S0307883309990514.