附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-394) and index.
Introduction: theatre studies from a European perspective -- Theatre and the civilizing process: an approach to the history of acting -- Discovering the spectator: changes to the paradigm of theatre in the twentieth century -- From theatre to theatricality: how to construct reality -- What are the rules of the game? Some remarks on the yellow jacket -- The aesthetics of disruption: German theatre in the age of the media -- In search of a new theatre: retheatricalization as productive reception of far eastern theatre -- Familiar and foreign theatres: the intercultural trend in contemporary theatre -- Changing theatrical codes: toward a semiotics of intercultural performance.