SAMUEL L. LEITER, Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and the Graduate Center, CUNY, has been editor of Asian Theatre Journal since 1992. He is the author or editor of ten previous books, including the three-volume The Enyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1920-1930 (1985), 1930-1940 (1989) and 1940-1950 (1992), From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage (1991), and From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (1991), all published by Greenwood Press. His articles have appeared in publications such as Literature East and West, Educational Theatre Journal, Drama Survey, Theatre History Studies, Players, Theatre Crafts, and Asian Theatre Journal. He is also an actor and director.

• PrefaceThe EncyclopediaAppendix I: Brief Chronology of KabukiAppendix II: Major PlaysAppendix III: Popularized or Alternate Play TitlesAppendix IV: Actors' GenealogiesAppendix V: List of -Yago in Use TodaySelected BibliographySubject Guide to Main EntriesIndex

SAMUEL L. LEITER, Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and the Graduate Center, CUNY, has been editor of Asian Theatre Journal since 1992. He is the author or editor of ten previous books, including the three-volume The Enyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1920-1930 (1985), 1930-1940 (1989) and 1940-1950 (1992), From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage (1991), and From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (1991), all published by Greenwood Press. His articles have appeared in publications such as Literature East and West, Educational Theatre Journal, Drama Survey, Theatre History Studies, Players, Theatre Crafts, and Asian Theatre Journal. He is also an actor and director.

• PrefaceThe EncyclopediaAppendix I: Brief Chronology of KabukiAppendix II: Major PlaysAppendix III: Popularized or Alternate Play TitlesAppendix IV: Actors' GenealogiesAppendix V: List of -Yago in Use TodaySelected BibliographySubject Guide to Main EntriesIndex

SAMUEL L. LEITER, Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and the Graduate Center, CUNY, has been editor of Asian Theatre Journal since 1992. He is the author or editor of ten previous books, including the three-volume The Enyclopedia of the New York Stage, 1920-1930 (1985), 1930-1940 (1989) and 1940-1950 (1992), From Belasco to Brook: Representative Directors of the English-Speaking Stage (1991), and From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (1991), all published by Greenwood Press. His articles have appeared in publications such as Literature East and West, Educational Theatre Journal, Drama Survey, Theatre History Studies, Players, Theatre Crafts, and Asian Theatre Journal. He is also an actor and director.

• PrefaceThe EncyclopediaAppendix I: Brief Chronology of KabukiAppendix II: Major PlaysAppendix III: Popularized or Alternate Play TitlesAppendix IV: Actors' GenealogiesAppendix V: List of -Yago in Use TodaySelected BibliographySubject Guide to Main EntriesIndex