I. Present Situation of Semiology. A Possible Definition of Semiology. Discussion on the Semiology of Theatre -- II. Gesture and Body Language. On Brecht's Notion of Gestus. The Discourse of (the) Mime -- III. Reception of Text and Performance. The Aesthetics of Theatrical Reception: Variations on a Few Relationships. The Discourse of Dramatic Criticism. Reflections on the Notation of the Theatrical Performance. Towards a Semiology of the Mise en Scene? -- IV. Examples of Semiotic Analysis. A Semiotic Approach to Disparitions. Avant-Garde Theatre and Semiology: A Few Practices and the Theory Behind Them -- Postface: Interrogation: An Exercise in Self-Exorcism
