The Meiningen theatre -- Antoine and the théâtre libre -- The symbolist theatre -- Alfred Jarry -- Stanislavsky and Chekhov -- Edward Gordon Craig -- Max Reinhardt in Germany and Austria -- Meyerhold: the first five years -- Meyerhold: theatre as propaganda -- Piscator in Berlin -- Brecht's formative years -- Artaud's theatre of cruelty -- Grotowski's laboratory theatre / [by Jennifer Kumiega]