Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-285) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Gotthold Lessing and the Hamburg dramaturgy -- Dramaturgy in nineteenth-century England -- William Archer and Harley Granville Barker: constructions of the literary manager -- Bertolt Brecht: the theory and practice of the dramaturg -- Kenneth Tynan and the National Theatre -- Dramaturgy and literary management in England today -- Conclusion.