Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction xv
5. Russian Dramatic Theory from Pushkin to the Symbolists
6. My Remarks on the Russian Theater 1
7. On National-Popular Drama and the Play Martha the Seneschal's Wife 8
8. Petersburg Notes for 1836 16
9. A Theater Lets Out after the Performance of a New Comedy 29
10. Dramatic Poesy 60
11. A Type of the Current Drama 71
12. More about Sarah Bernhardt 83
13. The Cherry Orchard 89
14. Drama at the Lower Depths 93
15. On Drama 107
16. The Theater of a Single Will 132
17. Theater and Modern Drama 149
18. Realism and Convention on the Stage 171
19. Introduction to Monodrama 183
20. Russian Dramatists 200
21. The Essence of Tragedy 210
22. Letters on the Theater 223
23. Notes 273
24. Selected Bibliography 305
25. Index 309