Introduction: on some preliminary matters
Documentary history vs. cultural history: two case studies
Documentary histories: the case of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Cultural histories: the case of Alfred Jarry's Ubu roi
Historical vs. theatrical events
The historical event
The theatrical event
Placing events within their contexts
The criteria for periodization in theatre history: definitive categories for events
The idea of the "political" in our histories of theatre: causal contexts for events
Summing up
The theatrical event and its conditions: a primer with twelve cruxes.
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The Cambridge introduction to theatre historiography by Thomas Postlewait. ISBN 9780521499170. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
