Theatre Audiences Book

	Preface to the new edition
	Acknowledgements
1	Introduction	1
	Historical approaches	2
	Contemporary concerns	9
2	Theories of Reading and Viewing	20
	Starting with Brecht	21
	Reader-response theory	34
	Other approaches to the reader	55
	Semiotics and post-structuralism in theatre and film studies	67
3	The Audience and Theatre	86
	Culture and the idea of the theatrical event	86
	Selection: the relationship between production and reception	106
	On the threshold of theatre	125
	Performance	139
	Post-performance	163
4	Spectatorship Across Culture	166
	Fascination and obsession	166
	Translation and meaning	191
	Intercultural exchange	196
	Reviewing spectatorship	201
5	Conclusion	204
	Appendix	214
	Notes	216
	Bibliography	223
	Index	241