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Tables of Contents for Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Editors' Note
xi
En Garde! The Theatrical Avant-Garde in Historical, Intellectual, and Cultural Context
1
40
Bert Cardullo
Franco-Russian Symbolism
41
36
Interior (1891)
45
10
Maurice Maeterlinck
``The Modern Drama'' (1904)
55
9
Maurice Maeterlinck
The Wayfarer (1910)
64
8
Valery Briusov
``Against Naturalism in the Theater'' (1902)
72
5
Valery Briusov
Pataphysical Theater
77
50
King Ubu (1896)
84
39
Alfred Jarry
``Theater Questions'' (1897)
123
4
Alfred Jarry
Intimate Theater/Chamber Drama
127
42
The Ghost Sonata (1907)
134
27
August Strindberg
from Zones of the Spirit (1907)
161
8
August Strindberg
Correspondences
169
18
The Yellow Sound (1909)
173
7
Wassily Kandinsky
``On Stage Composition'' (1912)
180
7
Wassily Kandinsky
Italian Futurism
187
20
Genius and Culture (1915)
195
3
Umberto Boccioni
Detonation (1915)
198
1
Francesco Cangiullo
Feet (1915)
199
2
Filippo Marinetti
``The Futurist Synthetic Theater, 1915'' (1915)
201
6
Filippo Marinetti
Emilio Settimelli
Bruno Corra
German Expressionism
207
58
The Beggar (1912)
212
50
Reinhard Sorge
``Two Superdramas'' (1918)
262
3
Yvan Goll
Dada
265
26
The Gas Heart (1920)
272
11
Tristan Tzara
Dada Manifesto, 1918 (1918)
283
8
Tristan Tzara
The Theater of Pure Form
291
36
The Cuttlefish (1922)
297
24
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz
``On a New Type of Play'' (1920)
321
6
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz
French Surrealism
327
46
The Mysteries of Love (1927)
335
30
Roger Vitrac
First Surrealist Manifesto (1924)
365
8
Andre Breton
The Theater of Cruelty
373
16
The Spurt of Blood (1925)
378
4
Antonin Artaud
``No More Masterpieces'' (1938)
382
7
Antonin Artaud
Russian Oberiu
389
32
Christmas at the Ivanovs' (1938)
394
21
Aleksandr Vvedensky
``The Oberiu Manifesto'' (1928)
415
6
Daniil Kharms
Aleksandr Vvedensky
American Dada and Surrealism
421
46
Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938)
425
25
Gertrude Stein
``Plays'' (1934)
450
17
Gertrude Stein
The Theater of the Absurd
467
36
The Invasion (1949)
472
27
Arthur Adamov
``The Theater of the Absurd'' (1961)
499
4
Martin Esslin
General Bibliography
503
12
Index
515