| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Playwrights on Their Plays | |
| The History Boys | p. 7 |
| The Coast of Utopia | p. 9 |
| Angels in America | p. 13 |
| Stanley | p. 15 |
| Democracy | p. 16 |
| Landscape with Weapon | p. 18 |
| Frozen | p. 20 |
| The Talking Cure | p. 22 |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan | p. 25 |
| The Night Season | p. 26 |
| The Permanent Way | p. 30 |
| A Laughing Matter | p. 32 |
| Fix Up | p. 34 |
| Copenhagen | p. 37 |
| The Riot | p. 39 |
| Humble Boy | p. 41 |
| Attempts on her Life | p. 42 |
| Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays | p. 44 |
| Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War | p. 47 |
| Sleep With Me | p. 49 |
| Play Without Words | p. 51 |
| The Rise and Fall of Little Voice | p. 52 |
| Leave Taking | p. 54 |
| Our Lady of Sligo | p. 56 |
| Market Boy | p. 57 |
| Battle Royal | p. 60 |
| Dealer's Choice and Paul Godfrey The Blue Ball | p. 62 |
| Adaptations and Musicals | |
| Remembrance of Things Past | p. 67 |
| Coram Boy | p. 70 |
| The Canterbury Tales | p. 73 |
| My Fair Lady | p. 75 |
| War Horse | p. 78 |
| Waves | p. 80 |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | p. 83 |
| Out of a House Walked a Man | p. 85 |
| Rafta, Rafta ... | p. 87 |
| The UN Inspector | p. 89 |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | p. 91 |
| Tristan & Yseult | p. 93 |
| Theatre of Blood | p. 95 |
| War and Peace | p. 97 |
| Jerry Springer - The Opera | p. 99 |
| Billy Liar | p. 100 |
| Dragon | p. 102 |
| Actors and Directors at Work | |
| The Greeks and Shakespeare | |
| Euripides, Bacchai | p. 107 |
| Aristophanes, Frogs | p. 109 |
| Aeschylus, The Oresteia | p. 111 |
| Hamlet | p. 114 |
| Othello | p. 116 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | p. 118 |
| The Winter's Tale | p. 120ä |
| Henry IV | p. 122 |
| Henry V | p. 124 |
| Measure for Measure | p. 126ä |
| English and Irish Classics | |
| Volpone Matthew Warchusä | p. 133 |
| The Man of Mode Nicholas Hytner | p. 135 |
| The Way of the World Phyllida Lloyd | p. 136 |
| She Stoops to Conquer Max Stafford-Clark | p. 138 |
| Money John Caird | p. 139 |
| Widowers' Houses Fiona Shaw | p. 141 |
| The Voysey Inheritance Peter Gill, Dominic West, Nancy Carroll | p. 143 |
| Peter Pan Ian McKellen | p. 148 |
| Saint Joan Marianne Elliott, Anne-Marie Duff | p. 150 |
| European Drama | |
| The False Servant Charlotte Rampling | p. 153 |
| Therese Raquin Marianne Elliott | p. 154 |
| An Enemy of the People Ian McKellen | p. 155 |
| Pillars of the Community Marianne Elliott, Lesley Manville | p. 158 |
| The Seagull Ben Whishaw | p. 162 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac Stephen Rea | p. 163 |
| Three Sisters Eve Best | p. 164 |
| A Dream Play Katie Mitchell, Angus Wright | p. 166 |
| Mother Courage and Her Children Anthony Clark | p. 176 |
| Mother Courage and Her Children Diana Rigg | p. 177 |
| The Life of Galileo Howard Davies The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Sean Holmes | p. 179 |
| Modern American Drama | |
| Machinal Stephen Daldry, Fiona Shaw | p. 182 |
| Mourning Becomes Electra Howard Davies, Tim Pigott-Smith | p. 184 |
| All My Sons Julie Walters | p. 192 |
| Death of a Salesman David Thacker | p. 195 |
| Buried Child Matthew Warchus, Lauren Ambrose | p. 196 |
| Edmond Edward Hall, Kenneth Branagh | p. 198 |
| Modern English and Irish Drama | |
| Happy Days Fiona Shaw | p. 202 |
| Aristocrats, Tom Cairns, Peter McDonald, Dervla Kirwan, Andrew Scott, Gina McKee | p. 204 |
| Alice's Adventures Under Ground Martha Clarke | p. 206 |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Simon Russell Beale | p. 208 |
| Skylight Stella Gonet | p. 209 |
| Vincent in Brixton Jochum Ten Haaf | p. 210 |
| Dinner Harriet Walter | p. 212 |
| Scenes from the Big Picture Peter Gill | p. 213 |
| Power Robert Lindsay | p. 215 |
| The Pillowman David Tennant | p. 217 |
| Stuff Happens Nicholas Farrell, Alex Jennings | p. 218 |
| His Dark Materials David Harewood | p. 220 |
| The Hothouse Ian Rickson | p. 222 |
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