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John Russell Brown: Introduction. The First Theatres1: Oliver Taplin:The First Theatres. 2: David Wiles: Theatre in Roman and ChristianEurope. 3: Leslie du S. Read: Beginnings of Theatre in Africa and theAmericas. Theatre in Europe from the Renaissance to 17004: LouiseGeorge Clubb: Italian Renaissance Theatre. 5: Victor Dixon: SpanishRenaissance Theatre and Neo-Classical Theatre. 6: Peter Thomson:English Renaissance and Restoration Theatre. 7: William D. Howarth:French Renaissance and Neo-Classical Theatre. European and WesternTheatres from 17008: Peter Holland and Michael Patterson:Eighteenth-Century Theatre. 9: Michael R. Booth: Nineteenth-CenturyTheatre. 10: Martin Esslin: Modern Theatre 1890-1920. 11: ChristopherInnes: Theatre After Two World Wars. World Theatre12: OrientalTheatres. Farley Richmond: South Asian Theatres. Colin MacKerras: EastAsian Theatres. Leon Rubin: South-East Asian Theatres. 13: John RussellBrown: Theatre since 1970. Chronology. Further Reading. Index