Introduction -- Bearing the weight of reality : the theatricality of cross-racial corporeal encounters -- Re-casting race : nontraditional casting and racial formation -- Bodies like gardens : classical tragedy and comedy in color -- Beyond type : re-casting modern drama and national identity -- The theater, not the city : genre and politics in antirealistic drama -- Chasing rainbows : re-casting race and ethnicity in the Broadway musical -- Afterword
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-282) and index
