CONTENTS
[THE THEORY OF THE THEATRE]
[I. WHAT IS A PLAY? 3 ]
[II. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THEATRE AUDIENCES 30 ]
[III. THE ACTOR AND THE DRAMATIST 59 ]
[IV. STAGE CONVENTIONS IN MODERN TIMES 73 ]
[V. ECONOMY OF ATTENTION IN THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES 95 ]
[VI. EMPHASIS IN THE DRAMA 112 ]
[VII. THE FOUR LEADING TYPES OF DRAMA 127 ]
[VIII. THE MODERN SOCIAL DRAMA 133]
[OTHER PRINCIPLES OF DRAMATIC CRITICISM]
[I. THE PUBLIC AND THE DRAMATIST 153 ]
[II. DRAMATIC ART AND THE THEATRE BUSINESS 161 ]
[III. THE HAPPY ENDING IN THE THEATRE 169 ]
[IV. THE BOUNDARIES OF APPROBATION 175 ]
[V. IMITATION AND SUGGESTION IN THE DRAMA 179 ]
[VI. HOLDING THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE 184 ]
[VII. BLANK VERSE ON THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE 193 ]
[VIII. DRAMATIC LITERATURE AND THEATRIC JOURNALISM 199 ]
[IX. THE INTENTION OF PERMANENCE 207 ]
[X. THE QUALITY OF NEW ENDEAVOR 212 ]
[XI. THE EFFECT OF PLAYS UPON THE PUBLIC 217 ]
[XII. PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT PLAYS 222 ]
[XIII. THEMES IN THE THEATRE 228 ]
[XIV. THE FUNCTION OF IMAGINATION 233]
[INDEX 241 ]
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