Acknowledgments
New Beginnings
1 Approaching the Theatrical Event The Influence of Semiotics and Hermeneutics on European Theatre Studies
2 Theatre or Performance or Untitled Event? Some Comments on the Conceptualization of the Object of Our Studies
3 Reacting to Actions Concepts of Theatricality
4 Theatrical Events Revisited Playing Culture and the Historiography of Early Nordic Theatre
5 Culture as Human Encounter Theatrical Communication as Model of Cultural Events
6 Sarah Bernhardt in Phenomenological Perspective To Study a Living Legend
7 Mistero Buffo, 1999 Dario Fo’s Intercultural Transfer to Sweden
8 Reflections on Miss Julie, 1992 Sensualism and Memory
9 Museum-Stage The Frames Move into the Exhibition Hall
10 Theatre Talks How to Find Out What the Spectator Thinks
11 Fiction, Mainly Fiction Some Surveys on the Theatrical Experience of Young Audiences
12 Strindberg’s Words versus the Actor’s Actions The Success of the Actresses at the Intimate Theatre in Stockholm (1907–1910)
13 How Long Is a Jewish Nose on Stage? Ethnicity and Nationality in the 1930s
14 Text, Performance, Event, 1611 A Historical Play by a Catholic Protestant
15 Beyond the Director’s Images Reviews and Views of Robert Lepage’s Production of "ADream Play" at the Royal Dramatic Theatre
To Be Continued
Notes
Bibliography
Index