TABLE OF CONTENTS -- EDITOR'S NOTE -- CHAPTER 1: STORY AND PLAY -- "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT THEN?" FIVE STORIES, TWO PLAYS, THREE WISE MEN -- ROTE, ROLE, RULE: A TOO SIMPLE THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT -- A TOO SIMPLE THEORY OF GENRE: STORY AND PLAY -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: GIVING AND GETTING -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: GIVING AND GETTING -- HALLIDAY: THREE STRATA AND THREE SPEECH FUNCTIONS -- VYGOTSKY: THE RICKSHAW PULLER AND THE TRAM-DRIVER -- GENRE: WHEN DO FABLES BECOME FABULOUS? -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: WHERE AND WHEN -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: WHERE AND WHEN -- HALLIDAY: CONSTRUING CIRCUMSTANCES, PARTICIPANTS, AND PROCESSES -- VYGOTSKY: BURIDAN'S ASS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECISION MAKING -- GENRE: THE PROSAIC FABLE AND THE POETIC ONE -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: WHO AND WHAT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: WHO AND WHAT -- HALLIDAY: MANAGING EXCHANGES AND MAKING QUESTIONS -- VYGOTSKY: FEELING, THINKING, SAYING, AND DOING -- GENRE: FROM EPIC TO NOVEL -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: HOW AND WHY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5: HOW AND WHY -- HALLIDAY: ARRANGING THEMES AND ORDERING INFORMATION -- VYGOTSKY: THEME AND GIVEN DISAPPEAR -- GENRE: FROM NOVEL TO PLAY -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: PARENT AND CHILD -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6: THE PRONOUNCING PARENT AND THE QUESTIONING CHILD -- HALLIDAY: PROSODY AND DIALOGY -- VYGOTSKY: THE "GENETIC" LAW -- SHAKESPEARE'S CONTRADICTIONS -- NEXT CHAPTER: THE CHARACTER AND THE PLAYER -- SCENE ONE -- SCENE TWO -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7: THE PROJECTING CHARACTER AND THE PERFORMING PLAYER -- HALLIDAY: TAXIS, PROJECTION AND EXPANSION -- VYGOTSKY: WHY THOUGHTS ARE QUOTABLE AND FEELINGS ARE NOT -- SHAKESPEARE: FROM INTERPERSONAL TERROR TO INTRA-MENTAL HORROR -- NEXT CHAPTER: SPEAKER AND SELF -- SCENE ONE -- SCENE TWO -- SCENE THREE -- SCENE FOUR -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8: THE DECIDING SPEAKER AND THE DOUBTING SELF -- HALLIDAY: ELABORATING "TO BE OR NOT TO BE".

VYGOTSKY: MAPPING LEARNING-AND DEVELOPMENT -- SHAKESPEARE: IS HAMLET MAD OR JUST MELANCHOLIC? -- NEXT CHAPTER: THRILLER AND TRAGEDY -- SCENE FOUR -- SCENE FIVE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9: THE ACTION THRILLER AND THE ACTUAL TRAGEDY -- HALLIDAY: EXTENSION, ENHANCEMENT AND PROJECTION -- VYGOTSKY: INSTINCT, HABIT, INTELLIGENCE AND FREE WILL -- SHAKESPEARE: IN PRAISE OF BOWDLERIZATION -- NEXT CHAPTER: CLOWN AND KING -- SCENE ONE -- SCENE TWO -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10: THE DELVING CLOWN AND THE DYING KING -- HALLIDAY: CURSING, SWEARING AND OTHER FORMS OF LEXICAL COHESION -- VYGOTSKY: MONODRAMA OR MELODRAMA? -- SHAKESPEARE: "HAD I BUT TIME…I COULD TELL YOU…BUT LET IT BE." -- NEXT CHAPTER: SHIPWRECK AND ENCHANTED ISLE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11: THE SHIPWRECK OF CREATIVITY AND THE ISLE OF IMAGINATION -- HALLIDAY: REPETITION, SYNONYMY AND HYPONYMY -- VYGOTSKY: IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY -- SHAKESPEARE: UNITIES AND SYMMETRIES -- NEXT CHAPTER: THE GLOBE AND ITS HEIR -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12: THE GREAT GLOBE AND ITS HEIR -- HALLIDAY: HYPONYMY, MERONYMY AND COLLOCATION -- VYGOTSKY: EVERYDAY CONCEPTS AND ACADEMIC CONCEPTS -- SHAKESPEARE: METAPHOR AND METONYM -- NEXT CHAPTER: CONSPIRACIES AND ORDEAL -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13: THE NEST OF CONSPIRACY AND THE ORDEAL OF REFLECTION -- HALLIDAY: WHAT'S IN A NOMINAL GROUP? -- VYGOTSKY: CONCRETE COMPLEXES AND ABSTRACT CONCEPTS -- SHAKESPEARE: QUIBBLES, REDUNDANCIES AND SUSPENSE -- NEXT CHAPTER: THE MUSIC OF POLITENESS AND THE MOONCALF OF PRIMITIVITY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14: THE MUSIC OF POLITENESS AND THE MOONCALF OF PRIMITIVITY -- HALLIDAY: WHAT'S IN A VERB GROUP? -- VYGOTSKY: THE CHILD AS CULTURAL PRIMITIVE -- SHAKESPEARE: THE DISCOVERY OF SEX AND THE INVENTION OF LOVE -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: MAN AND MAID -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15: THE SENSUOUS MAN AND THE SIGNIFYING MAID.

HALLIDAY: WHAT'S IN AN ADVERBIAL GROUP? -- VYGOTSKY: SENSE, SIGNIFICATION AND MEMORY -- SHAKESPEARE: SENSUOUS SPEECH AND STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE -- THE NEXT CHAPTER: PLAY AND STORY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 16: PLAY AND STORY -- "SO WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT THEN?" NARRATIVE AND DIALOGUE -- A MORE COMPLEX THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT: NARRATIVE FROM DIALOGUE -- A MORE COMPLEX THEORY OF GENRE: DIALOGUE FROM NARRATIVE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- INDEX.