Adorno, Theodor W., 56–58, 66

Albee, Edward, 277

Althusser, Louis, 4–10, 27

ambiguity, 39–40, 139n15, 152, 155, 176, 178n11, 179n11, 199–200, 204, 228, 278

American Buffalo, 24

See alsoMamet

American Buffalo, 24

See alsoMametDavid

Angels in America, 32–33, 41, 112, 223, 263–264, 280–283, 293–295, 299, 313n2

See alsoKushnerTony

Aristotle, 63, 75, 158, 273, 275

Artaud, Antonin, 189–190, 215n2

audience, 2, 4–32, 35–40, 50–53, 59–62, 65–69, 72–75, 77–78, 82–85, 88n10, 89n18, 93–96, 98, 111–119, 121, 126, 135–137, 138n11, 141–143, 146, 149–151, 153, 155–160, 165–172, 174–177, 183–184, 188, 197–98, 202–206, 210, 213, 230, 232–233, 236–237, 261, 267, 269, 274–276, 282–287, 294–296, 299–301, 312, 315–319

avant-garde, 62, 91

Barlow, Judith, 38, 47–48, 87n6

Barnes, Clive, 2, 114

Barry, Philip, 29, 34, 38–40, 43n12, 94–96, 99–102, 110–112, 114, 137n3, 255n8, 261, 268–275, 282, 284–285, 313n3

Barthes, Roland, 29, 51, 153, 178n5, 315–16

Beckett, Samuel, 20, 22, 25, 42n6, 95, 277

Belsey, Catherine, 38, 46, 49, 51–53, 57, 66, 75, 116, 144–145, 153, 178n5, 315–316

Benjamin, Walter, 127–128, 131, 140n19–21, 260, 288–293, 314n9

Bigsby, C[hristopher]. W. E., 60, 89n16, 138n6, 140n17, 143, 215n1

binary, 37, 39, 54–55, 58–59, 81, 151, 200, 249, 257, 259–260, 268, 279–280, 293, 299, 310

blocking, 173, 203, 270

See alsostaging.

Boothe, Clare, 33, 59–60, 65

Brantley, Ben, 263

Brecht, Bertolt, 31, 43n16, 63, 67, 72–73, 135, 282, 285, 315

Bullins, Ed, 14, 16, 223

Buried Child, 182–183, 187, 202, 204, 206, 210, 213–214, 218, 258, 318

See also ShepardSam

capitalism, 18, 42, 131, 135–136, 313

Carlson, Susan L., 33–35, 59–61, 65–66, 70–73, 84, 88n13

Catholic, 31, 61, 95, 261, 264, 275, 295

Cattaneo, Anne, 137n3, 114, 313n3

causal, 15, 75, 148, 154, 218–219, 221, 235, 258, 267–268, 295, 307–308