Nights that shook the stage

Dwayne Brenna is the award-winning author of eight books of humor, poetry, fiction and non-fiction. He is a professor in the drama department at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

Table of Contents
Preface
Of Murder and Premonitions
Chapter 1. Who Is Dead in the White House? Our American Cousin, Ford's Theatre, Washington, April 14, 1865
Chapter 2. A Night at the Adelphi: Secret Service, Adelphi Theatre, London, December 16, 1897
Chapter 3. A Beauty That Cannot Be Conveyed: Machinal, Plymouth Theatre, New York, September 7, 1928
Chapter 4. All Hell Broke Loose: Halla Bol, Janya Natya Manch, Jhandapur, India, January 1, 1989
Brave New Theaters
Chapter 5. Free Theater: The Serenade, Théâtre Libre, Paris, December 23, 1887
Chapter 6: The Slavyanski Bazaar: The Moscow Art Theatre, June 22, 1897
Chapter 7. A Wonderful, Heretical Play: The Seagull, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, December 17, 1898
Chapter 8. La Mama: One Arm, Café La Mama, New York, July 27, 1962
Riotous Behavior
Chapter 9. Old Price: Macbeth, Covent Garden Theatre, London, September 18, 1809.
Chapter 10. A Cut-Throat Competition: Macbeth, Astor Place Opera House, New York, May 10, 1849
Chapter 11. Round Dance: La Ronde, Deutsches Volkstheater, Vienna, February 7, 1921
Chapter 12. Oh, What an Arse You Have! Oh! Calcutta!, Eden Theater, New York, June 17, 1969
Theatrical Quarrels
Chapter 13. La Querelle: The Rehearsal at Versailles, The Palace at Versailles, October 14, 1663
Chapter 14. Nora's Incomprehensible Act: A Doll's House, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, December 21, 1879
Chapter 15. A Mighty Personage: Ubu Roi, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Paris, December 10, 1896
Chapter 16. A Purse to the Jaw: The Little Foxes, National Theatre, New York, February 13, 1939
Theater Out of Doors
Chapter 17. Second Prize: Oedipus Tyrannus, The City Dionysia, Athens, March 427 bc
Chapter 18. Moving the Globe: The Globe Theatre, London, December 28, 1598
Chapter 19. Good Cheer: The Theatre of Neptune, Port Royal, New France, November 14, 1606
A Tale of Two Countries
Chapter 20. In the Palm of One's Hand: The Frozen Deep, Tavistock House, January 5, 1857
Chapter 21. First Knight: The Bells, Lyceum Theatre, London, November 25, 1871
Chapter 22. The Meininger: Julius Caesar, Friedrich Wilhelm Municipal Theatre, Berlin, May 1, 1874
Chapter 23. Genius or Madman? The Ring of Nibelung, Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Germany, August 13, 1876
Political Theater
Chapter 24. Threepenny: The Threepenny Opera, Theatre am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, August 31, 1928
Chapter 25. Coughing and Sighs: The Song of the Chaste Wife, Shinkyō Theater Company, Japan and Korea, March 1938
Chapter 26. Acid Test: Marat/Sade, Aldwych Theatre, London, August 20, 1964.
Reactions to War
Chapter 27. Marinetti: The Feasting King, Théâtre de l'Œuvre, Paris, April 3, 1909
Chapter 28. Dada: Dada Early Spring, Cologne, April 1920
Chapter 29. Ill Omens: The Glass Menagerie, Civic Theatre, Chicago, December 26, 1944
Chapter 30. Waiting: Waiting for Godot, San Quentin Prison, California, November 19, 1957
The Angry 1950s
Chapter 31. Look Back: Look Back in Anger, Royal Court Theatre, London, May 8, 1956
Chapter 32. The Man Who Discovered Pinter: The Room, University of Bristol, England, May 1957
Chapter 33. Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, March 11, 1959
True North
Chapter 34. Spittle in the Face: Richard III, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Canada, July 13, 1953
Chapter 35. 1967: Fortune and Men's Eyes, Colours in the Dark, and The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, Canada, 1967
Chapter 36. Dogged Intrepidity: Paper Wheat, St. Thomas Wesley Hall, Saskatoon, March 18, 1977
Chapter 37. Highway: The Rez Sisters, Native Earth Theatre, Toronto, November 26, 1986
After 2000
Chapter 38. Howl of Pain: 4.48 Psychosis, Royal Court Theatre, London, June 23, 2000
Chapter 39. The Revolution: Hamilton, Richard Rodgers Theater, New York, November 11, 2016
Chapter 40. One of Those Stories: Come from Away, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York, March 12, 2017
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index