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1. Yaqui Deer Dancer at New Pascua, Arizona, 1981 7 2. The Yaqui Water Drum 7 3. Peter Brook's Company in Africa 28 4. Eugenia Barba with Kyogen Actor Kosuka Nomura 29 5. Balinese Dancer Demonstrating Her Walking Technique 29 6. "Performing Ethnography" at the University of Virginia 30 7. Shakers Dancing in the Nineteenth Century 46 8. Doris Humphrey's The Shakers 46 9. Reconstructionof Shaker Service 47 10. Agnicayana: Oblation at Eagle-shaped Altar 56 77. Agnicayana: Priests Marking Sequence of Chants 57 12. Agnicayana: Burning of the Ritual Enclosures 57 13. Bharatanatyam 66 14. Temple Sculpting of Bharatanatyam-like Dancing 66 15. Purulia Chhau Festival at Matha, 1976 67 16. Purulia Chhau: Training in a Village 67 17. Mudmen of Asaro Dancingfor Tourists 76 18. Masked Dancers of Kenetasarobe 76 19. Main Street at Plimoth Plantation (without Tourists) 82 20. Main Street at Plimoth Plantation (with Tourists) 82 21. ''Personation Biograph'' of Phineas Pratt 83 22. Putting on a Costume at Plimoth 84 23. Salting Pork at Plimoth 85 24. Indian Encampment at Wampanoag near Plimoth 85 25. The Performance Group Staging Cops 111 26. Vyases at Ramlila of Ramnagar 119 27. Narad-muni in the Ramnagar Ramlila 122 28. Mahant Baba Omkar Das (Narad-muni) 122 I L L U S T R A T I O N S X 29. Asemo Dancing at His Initiation 129 30. The Performance Group's Mother Courage, New York, 1975 146 31. Burial of Kattrin in Mother Courage, New York, 1975 147 32. The Environmentfor The Performance Group's Production of Oedipus 147 33. One of the First Days of the 1978 Ramnagar Ramlila 156 34. Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh Greeting Crowd 156 35. Arati, the Temple Service in Ramlila 157 36. Hanuman Leading Rama and His Army into Lanka 164 37. Hanuman and Ravana Fighting 170 38. Effigy of Kumbhakama, ca. 1920 170 39. Kumbhakama's Effigy in the Fort at Lanka, 1976 170 40. Dashahara Day, ca. 1825 171 41. Sadhus Dancing and Singing on Dashahara Night 172 42. Cremation of Ravana's Effigy 172 43. Lanka on Dashahara, 1976 185 44. Lakshman, Rama, and Sita 188 45. Rama, with Devotee, about to Cross the Ganga 188 46. Ramayanis Chanting the Ramcharitmanas 197 47. Group of Sadhus 197 48. Vyas with Book ofSamvads and Stage Directions 204 49. Early-Morning Training at the Kathakali Kalamandalam 218 50. Kathakali Massage at the Kalamandalam 218 51. Kathakali-type Training at Grotowski's Theater in Poland 228 52. Ramchakyar as Shurpanakha 231 53. Noh Actor Contemplating His Mask 242 54. Balinese Dancer in Trance 246 55. The Bishop Blesses the Penitent in a Scenefrom The Balcony 264 56. Mausoleum Scenefrom The Balcony 269 57. The Judge's Scene at Connecticut College 274 58. Bishop and Penitent at Connecticut College 274 59. Anne Z. as the Client Who Wants to Play the General, at Connecticut College 275 60. Anne Z. in Rehearsal for New York Production 275 61. Arthur Fixes the Bed as the Judge Watches 282 62. Audience Participation at Belle de Jour 299 63. Squat Theatre's Andy Warhol's Last Love 303 ...

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