staging, 5, 7, 18, 23–24, 26, 38–41, 58, 69, 71, 94–98, 104, 107, 111–112, 121, 134–135, 168–169, 223–224, 254, 261, 268, 270, 276–277, 279–282, 297–298, 303, 305, 315

subjectivity, 4, 73, 161, 250

subtext, 17, 156–157, 166, 170–171, 176

supernatural, 30, 32, 40–41, 94, 198–199, 244, 261–262, 266, 271, 276–277, 307, 315

sympathetic, 3, 51, 52, 81, 150, 176, 216

theatrical, 32, 42, 77, 88, 92, 145, 151, 155, 217, 261–267, 273–276, 282–287, 294, 296, 316

theme, 15, 28, 33, 38, 49, 57, 95, 99–100, 151, 153, 176, 185, 199, 220, 256, 283–284, 294

tragedy, 29–30, 40, 55–56, 89, 115–116, 166, 193, 195–196, 220–221, 250, 299, 306–309, 318

transformation, 62, 66, 71, 76, 78–79, 88n11, 113, 130, 138, 155, 165, 175, 286, 298

Uncommon Women and OthersSee also Wasserstein Wendy, 29, 33, 35, 38, 59–73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83–84, 223

unconscious, 46, 116, 156, 158, 167, 185–186, 201, 203, 277, 277–278

universalize, 75, 81, 276

Vogel, Paula, 223, 264

Wasserstein, Wendy, 43n16, 45–47, 59–85, 86n1, 88n12, 89n16, 89n19, 90n20–22, 93, 223, 255n8, 257, 301–302, 316

The Water EngineSee also Mamet David, 2–3, 223

Weales, Gerald, 99, 140n16

Weller, Michael, 11, 13, 16, 25, 95, 223

Wertheim, Albert, 254

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 43n14, 211

Wilder, Thornton, 33, 40, 219, 264, 268, 273–277, 282, 284–285, 292, 295, 296, 300, 304

Williams, Tennessee, 28, 36, 61, 218, 222, 277

Wilson, August, 29–31, 35, 40–41, 160, 204, 217–219, 223–226, 236, 235–253, 255n9–14, 258, 262, 313n1

W;tSee also Edson Margaret, 264, 306–312, 315, 317–318.

Worthen, William, 8–11, 26, 29, 72–73, 75, 83, 89n18, 98, 315–318