Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- THE SOCIOECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF THE THEATRE -- Family dynasties, recruitment, and career opportunities for women -- The Profession's divisions of labour -- Wages -- SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY -- The Female Surplus Question and the sex ratio -- The female life -- Professional welfare -- THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY' -- Actresses' defiance of socioeconomic prescriptions -- Actresses and prostitutes -- Sexual harassment -- The quintessential sexual terror -- ACTRESSES AND THE MISE EN SCNE -- Costuming the erotic topography -- Gesture: 'Every little movement has a meaning of its own' -- Figural composition in the mise en scne -- Erotic verification -- THE GEOGRAPHY OF SEX IN SOCIETY AND THEATRE -- The erotic neighbourhood outside the playhouse -- Erotic zones within the playhouse -- Forestalling the erotic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.