ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD by Marvin Carlson
INTRODUCTION Theatre and the Mirror of Nature
PART I Exposing the Problem and Proposing a Solution
1 Theatrical Names and Reference: Dialectical-Synecdochic Objects and "Re-Creation"
2
The World of the Play: Theatre as "Re-Creation"
PART II Applying the (Proposed) Solution to the Problems
3
"Liveness"?: The Presumption of Dramatic and Theatrical "Liveness"
4
Boundedness of (Fictional) Theatre to our (Real) World: Actor and Audience Co-Existence
5
Identity across"Possible Worlds": "The World Beyond" the Play
CONCLUSIONS
#1
"The Purpose of Playing": Why Go to the Theatre?
#2
Where the Worldof Theatre Ends: Performance Art
#3
Make-Believe
AFTERWORD by James R. Hamilton
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX