Michael Y. Bennett is Associate Professor of English and affiliated faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

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• ACKNOWLEDGMENTSFOREWORD by Marvin CarlsonINTRODUCTION Theatre and the Mirror of Nature PART I Exposing the Problem and Proposing a Solution 1 Theatrical Names and Reference: Dialectical-Synecdochic Objects and "Re-Creation"2 The World of the Play: Theatre as "Re-Creation"PART II Applying the (Proposed) Solution to the Problems3 "Liveness"?: The Presumption of Dramatic and Theatrical "Liveness" 4 Boundedness of (Fictional) Theatre to our (Real) World: Actor and Audience Co-Existence5 Identity across "Possible Worlds": "The World Beyond" the PlayCONCLUSIONS#1 "The Purpose of Playing": Why Go to the Theatre?#2 Where the World of Theatre Ends: Performance Art#3 Make-BelieveAFTERWORD by James R. HamiltonBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Michael Y. Bennett is Associate Professor of English and affiliated faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

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• ACKNOWLEDGMENTSFOREWORD by Marvin CarlsonINTRODUCTION Theatre and the Mirror of Nature PART I Exposing the Problem and Proposing a Solution 1 Theatrical Names and Reference: Dialectical-Synecdochic Objects and "Re-Creation"2 The World of the Play: Theatre as "Re-Creation"PART II Applying the (Proposed) Solution to the Problems3 "Liveness"?: The Presumption of Dramatic and Theatrical "Liveness" 4 Boundedness of (Fictional) Theatre to our (Real) World: Actor and Audience Co-Existence5 Identity across "Possible Worlds": "The World Beyond" the PlayCONCLUSIONS#1 "The Purpose of Playing": Why Go to the Theatre?#2 Where the World of Theatre Ends: Performance Art#3 Make-BelieveAFTERWORD by James R. HamiltonBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX