International in scope, this book encompasses a range of artists, past and present, including: avant-gardists, deconstructionists, text worshippers, director-choreographers, and classical revivalists. It examines the contributions of influential and accomplished men and women stage directors. There are contributions on JoAnne Akalaitis, David Belasco, Liviu Ciulei, Ping Chong, Michael Bennett, Martha Ckarke, Konstantin Stanislavski, Bob Fosse, John Gielgud, Orson Welles, Noel Coward, Ingmar Bergman and George Kaufman amongst others.