Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Foundations -- I: Reference and Performance -- II: A Grammar of Theatre Referentiality -- III: Transformational Processes: Production/Reception -- IV: Playwrights, Directors, Actors, and Their Work -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary
Analyzes the basic duality of theatre (the play is happening on a stage, but the story is happening at some other place and time), exploring how the two aspects both compete and complement each other and suggesting the social factors that impact the total process
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index
