Table of Contents Preface Of Murder and Premonitions Chapter 1. Who Is Dead in the White House? Our American Cousin, Ford''s Theatre, Washington, April 14, 1865 Chapter 2. A Night at the Adelphi: Secret Service, Adelphi Theatre, London, December 16, 1897 Chapter 3. A Beauty That Cannot Be Conveyed: Machinal, Plymouth Theatre, New York, September 7, 1928 Chapter 4. All Hell Broke Loose: Halla Bol, Janya Natya Manch, Jhandapur, India, January 1, 1989 Brave New Theaters Chapter 5. Free Theater: The Serenade, Thé'tre Libre, Paris, December 23, 1887 Chapter 6: The Slavyanski Bazaar: The Moscow Art Theatre, June 22, 1897 Chapter 7. A Wonderful, Heretical Play: The Seagull, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, December 17, 1898 Chapter 8. La Mama: One Arm, Café La Mama, New York, July 27, 1962 Riotous Behavior Chapter 9.

 Old Price: Macbeth, Covent Garden Theatre, London, September 18, 1809. Chapter 10. A Cut-Throat Competition: Macbeth, Astor Place Opera House, New York, May 10, 1849 Chapter 11. Round Dance: La Ronde, Deutsches Volkstheater, Vienna, February 7, 1921 Chapter 12. Oh, What an Arse You Have! Oh! Calcutta!, Eden Theater, New York, June 17, 1969 Theatrical Quarrels Chapter 13. La Querelle: The Rehearsal at Versailles, The Palace at Versailles, October 14, 1663 Chapter 14. Nora''s Incomprehensible Act: A Doll''s House, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, December 21, 1879 Chapter 15. A Mighty Personage: Ubu Roi, Thé'tre de l''OEuvre, Paris, December 10, 1896 Chapter 16.

 A Purse to the Jaw: The Little Foxes, National Theatre, New York, February 13, 1939 Theater Out of Doors Chapter 17. Second Prize: Oedipus Tyrannus, The City Dionysia, Athens, March 427 bc Chapter 18. Moving the Globe: The Globe Theatre, London, December 28, 1598 Chapter 19. Good Cheer: The Theatre of Neptune, Port Royal, New France, November 14, 1606 A Tale of Two Countries Chapter 20. In the Palm of One''s Hand: The Frozen Deep, Tavistock House, January 5, 1857 Chapter 21. First Knight: The Bells, Lyceum Theatre, London, November 25, 1871 Chapter 22. The Meininger: Julius Caesar, Friedrich Wilhelm Municipal Theatre, Berlin, May 1, 1874 Chapter 23. Genius or Madman? The Ring of Nibelung, Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Germany, August 13, 1876 Political Theater Chapter 24.

 Threepenny: The Threepenny Opera, Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, August 31, 1928 Chapter 25. Coughing and Sighs: The Song of the Chaste Wife, Shinkyo Theater Company, Japan and Korea, March 1938 Chapter 26. Acid Test: Marat/Sade, Aldwych Theatre, London, August 20, 1964. Reactions to War Chapter 27. Marinetti: The Feasting King, Thé'tre de l''OEuvre, Paris, April 3, 1909 Chapter 28. Dada: Dada Early Spring, Cologne, April 1920 Chapter 29. Ill Omens: The Glass Menagerie, Civic Theatre, Chicago, December 26, 1944 Chapter 30. Waiting: Waiting for Godot, San Quentin Prison, California, November 19, 1957 The Angry 1950s Chapter 31.

 Look Back: Look Back in Anger, Royal Court Theatre, London, May 8, 1956 Chapter 32. The Man Who Discovered Pinter: The Room, University of Bristol, England, May 1957 Chapter 33. Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, March 11, 1959 True North Chapter 34. Spittle in the Face: Richard III, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Canada, July 13, 1953 Chapter 35. 1967: Fortune and Men''s Eyes, Colours in the Dark, and The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, Canada, 1967 Chapter 36. Dogged Intrepidity: Paper Wheat, St. Thomas Wesley Hall, Saskatoon, March 18, 1977 Chapter 37. Highway: The Rez Sisters, Native Earth Theatre, Toronto, November 26, 1986 After 2000 Chapter 38.

 Howl of Pain: 4.48 Psychosis, Royal Court Theatre, London, June 23, 2000 Chapter 39. The Revolution: Hamilton, Richard Rodgers Theater, New York, November 11, 2016 Chapter 40. One of Those Stories: Come from Away, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York, March 12, 2017 Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.