Preface, by Vicki Ann Cremona; by Nicola Savarese - I. THE 'MASCHERA' OF MARCO POLO. The Exotic Myth of Asia from Antiquity to the Renaissance -
1. Asia in Tragedy -
2. Alexander's Dream -
3. Rome looks to the Orient -
4. Mimes and Pantomimes in Rome -
5. Byzantine Interludes -
6. Jugglers in the Han Court -
7. Tang Exoticism -
8. The Students from the Pear Garden -
9. The Fabulous Asia of the Middle Ages -
10. Tartar Clothing for Marco Polo -
11. Morris Dances and Moorish Figures -
12. Theatre in the Court of the Great Khan -
13. Danses Macabres -
14. Byzantine Crossroads -
15. From Constantinople to Istanbul -
16. Costumes from Far--off Countries -
17. The Moor of Venice -
18. The Prisons of Algiers - II. THE SAVAGE HARLEQUIN - Oriental Exoticism in European Theatre between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries -
1. After the Pepper, the Souls: the Jesuits in Asia -
2. False Brahmins -
3. Christian Indians and Japanese Martyrs -
4. Local Colour -
5. Amorous Turks and Gallant Moors -
6. The Fake Turk -
7. In the Name of the Orient -
8. The Turkish March -
9. Persian Wives and Indian Widows -
10. Arlequin Sauvage -
11. The Silent Merchants -
12. Idle and Vile Profession -
13. The Chinese Fashion -
14. Chinese Shadows -
15. A Fundamental Misunderstanding -
16. The Translations of a Chinese Drama -
17. Voltaire's Edifying Orient -
18. L'Orphelin de la Chine - III. THE REINCARNATION OF SAKUNTALA - Oriental Theatres Between the Enlightenment and Romanticism -
1. The Beginnings of Orientalism -
2. Sakuntala in Europe -
3. Gautier's Ballet -
4. English Entertainments in London -
5. William Jones and His Twenty--Eight Tongues -
6. Sir William Discovers Sakuntala -
7. Theatres in India -
8. English Entertainments in Calcutta -
9. The Playhouse -
10. Mrs. Bristow's Little Theatre -
11. Mr. Lebedev's Theatre -
12. Philology and Anthropology -
13. The Theatres of Bengal -
14. A Street Theatre -
15. The Dances of the Bayaderes -
16. Romanticism and Orientalism -
17. In Search of Origins -
18. The Little Clay Cart - IV. AN EMBLEMATIC PLAY OF MIRRORS - Sada Yacco and Kawakami travel to the West -
1. A Parade on Broadway -
2. Kawakami Otojiro's American Tour -
3. The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 -
4. Sada Yacco at the Exhibition -
5. Golden Silk and Flames -
6. A Free Child -
7. The Students' Theatre -
8. From Politics to Theatre -
9. Theatre Artists -
10. The Development of the New Wave -
11. The Second European Tour -
12. The Garden of the Ten Thousand Pine Trees -
13. Kawakami's Last Journey -
14. Sada Yacco Retires from the Stage -
15. Three Continents -
16. The Authority of Apparent Experience -
17. The Science of Theatre -
18. Spider webs - V. THE MOBILE ACADEMY - Little Crossroads at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century -
1. A Lantern and a Bell -
2. The Discovery of Hanako -
3. The Various Talents of an Impresario -
4. Hanako Discovers She is an Actress -
5. Cambodian Dances -
6. Rodin's Last Works -
7. Rodin and the New Dance -
8. The King of Cambodia's Dancers -
9. The Great Resources -
10. Pioneers of the Rules -
11. The Rediscovered Dance -
12. Hanako Meets Rodin -
13. The Artist and the Model -
14. Passages -
15. The Dance of Shiva -
16. Hanako's Travels -
17. Some Notes on Realism in the Arts -
18. Provisional Conclusions - VI. THE TRADITION OF DIFFERENCE - Myth and History of Oriental Theatres in the Twentieth Century -
1. The Dialectic of Exoticism -
2. More About the World Exhibitions -
3. Attractions Large and Small -
4. Javanese Shadows -
5. Marionettes on the Banks of the Ganges -
6. The Invention of Tradition -
7. The Destinies of no -
8. At the Hawk's Well -
9. Zeami's writings -
10. The Magic Pillow -
11. Kabuki in Pigalle -
12. Artaud Sees Balinese Theatre -
13. Stylization or Biomechanics? -
14. Hear the Movement, See the Sound -
15. Wind from the East -
16. The Lesson of the Far East -
17. To Heal a Wound -
18. Borderless Performances - Bibliography Index