Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 What Is Theatre?
Chapter 2 What Is a Play?
Chapter 3 The Actor
Chapter 4 The Playwright
Chapter 5 Designers and Technicians
Chapter 6 The Director
Chapter 7 Theatre Traditions
Chapter 8 The Modern Theatre
Chapter 9 Musical Theatre
Chapter 10 Theatre Today
Chapter 11 The Audience
The Ancients
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Theatre of Asia
The Royal Era
The Modern Theatre: Realism
The Modern Theatre: Antirealism
Appendix: Enjoy the Play!
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index