GREG GIESEKAM sits on the Board with Ankur Productions and was a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK until 2006. His publications on contemporary British theatre and contemporary performance art include A Descriptive Catalogue of the Archive of the National Review of Live Art (a reference website cataloguing over 200 performances, talks and installations from 1986-1996) and Luvvies and Rude Mechanicals? Amateur and Community Theatre in Scotland (Scottish Arts Council, 2000).

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Contamination or Remediation?Magic to Realism: European PioneersPolyscenicness: Josef Svoboda and  Laterna MagikaBig Screen to Small ScreenPostmodern Collage: The Wooster GroupThird-hand Photocopies: Forced EntertainmentLive Films on Stage: The Builders AssociationCrossing the Celluloid Divide: Forkbeard FantasyQuantum Theatre: Station House OperaElectric Campfires: Robert LepageConclusionIndex.