Preface

Introduction

PART ONE: EARLY THEATER

1 Greek Theater

2 Roman Theater

3 Medieval Theater

4 Early Asian Theater

PART TWO: THEATERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

5 The Theater of the Italian Renaissance

6 The Theater of the English Renaissance

7 The Theater of the Spanish Golden Age

8 French Neoclassical Theater

PART THREE: THEATER FROM 1660 TO 1875

9 The Theater of the English Restoration

10 Theater in the Eighteenth Century

11 Theater from 1800 to 1875

PART FOUR: MODERN THEATER

12 Theater from 1875 to 1915

13 Theater from 1915 to 1945

14 Theater from 1945 to 1975

15 Contemporary Theater: 1975 to the Present

Glossary: Theatrical Terms

Selected Bibliography

Index