附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
World sources: 20,000 b.c. to 1950 a.d. -- The middle ages -- From the renaissance to the baroque -- The commedia dell'Arte and its influence abroad -- Goethe, Garrick, and the box set: 1750-1850 -- Historical accuracy--Meiningen ensemble--Belasco realism -- Toward a new stage for Shakespeare--and realism perfected -- The new stagecraft: Appia, Craig, and Reinhardt -- European developments since World War I -- The new stagecraft in America -- A technological postscript.
