Table of Contents

Acknowledgements    7

Preface    9

Introduction    15

Context, Creativity, Collectivity    51

Chapter 1. The Beginning of Nightwood Theatre,1979–1988    51

Chapter 2. Breaking Away and Moving On, 1989–1993   109

Chapter 3. New Leadership Models, 1994–2000 and2001–2009    159

Chapter 4. Nightwood and Feminist Theory   201

Appendix. A Nightwood Chronology    225

Notes    295

Bibliography    321

Index    333

About the Author

Shelley Scott is an Associate Professor and Chairof the Department of Theatre and Dramatic Arts at the University ofLethbridge. She is President of the Canadian Association for TheatreResearch and has published in Canadian Theatre Review, ModernDrama, Theatre Research in Canada, and the recent monographThe Violent Woman as a New Theatrical Character Type: Cases fromCanadian Drama.