Act(s), 6, 44, 45, 53, 54, 60, 71, 74–76, 78, 85, 94, 97–99, 137, 150, 185

Adapt / Adaptation, 2, 10, 14, 17, 20, 33, 35, 45, 116, 128, 151, 175

A Dream Like a Dream, , xxii, 3, 16, 18, 19, 155, 156, 166, 181, 182, 186–189, 192, 194–196, 204

Aesthetics, 2, 7, 22, 31, 37, 39, 52, 79, 137, 180, 201

African, 19, 141, 185

Alternative, 1, 2, 3, 22, 28, 34, 36, 143, 199, 204

American, xix, xx, 3, 9, 14, 28, 32, 33, 71, 83, 90, 104, 110, 114, 131, 132, 142, 147, 202

Analects, , 161

Anthology, 51, 173

Anthropology, 116, 138

Antigone, , xxi, 14, 15, 101–105, 107–110, 148, 202

Anxiety, 9, 33, 46, 47, 72, 76, 90, 91, 145

Appropriation, 51, 114, 128

A Room of One’s Own, , 148

Aristotle, 9, 88

Artaud, Antonin, 15

Ashcroft, Bill, 146

Avant-garde, 3, 22, 24, 28, 32, 36, 43, 47, 48, 51, 52, 77, 98, 135, 153, 173

Barba, Eugenio, 16, 113, 114, 116, 137, 138, 142

Bearer, 7, 72, 109

Bharucha, Rustom, 142

Brecht, Bertolt, 11, 15, 97, 112, 118

Brechtian Theory, 10, 75, 91

Broadway, 36, 131, 149, 151

Brook, Peter, 16, 113–117, 137, 139–142

Brooks, E. Bruce, 161

Brooks, A. Taeko, 161

Buddhism, xxi, xxii, xxvi, 3, 18, 19, 20, 158, 166, 181, 192, 195

Butch / Femme, 85

Butler, Judith, 6, 16, 71, 76, 113, 150, 200

Calvino, Italo, 9, 83, 89, 201

Carlson, Marvin, 147

Case, Sue-Ellen, xxiii, xxv, 20, 64, 66, 67, 77, 78, 85, 109, 149, 180, 200

Censorship, 75

Chang, Ivy I-Chu, xxvi, 2, 43, 44, 50, 59, 62, 135, 136

Chang, Wen-cheng, 3, 186, 187

Chaudhuri, Una, 177

Chen, Shi-zheng, 113

Cheung, Martha P.Y., 51, 173

Chung, Mingder, xxvi, 137

Cinema, 8, 46, 81–84, 123, 145, 201

Cixous, Helene, 9, 89

Classic / Classical, xxi, xxii, xxiii, 1, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 34, 36, 39, 47, 54, 83, 99, 100, 107, 112, 118–123, 125, 126, 149, 150, 155, 157, 171, 172, 175, 180

Collective, xx, xxvi, 3, 34, 49, 58, 65, 67, 120, 168, 186, 187

Comedy, 18, 35, 46, 82, 83, 85, 156, 168, 171, 174–176