Contents -- Editors' Note -- En Garde! The Theatrical Avant-Garde in Historical, Intellectual, and Cultural Context -- 1. Franco-Russian Symbolism -- Interior (1891) -- "The Modern Drama" (1904) -- The Wayfarer (1910) -- "Against Naturalism in the Theater" (1902) -- 2. Pataphysical Theater -- King Ubu (1896) -- "Theater Questions" (1897) -- 3. Intimate Theater/Chamber Drama -- The Ghost Sonata (1907) -- Zones of the Spirit (1907) -- 4. Correspondences -- The Yellow Sound (1909) -- "On Stage Composition" (1912) -- 5. Italian Futurism -- Genius and Culture (1915) -- Detonation (1915) -- Feet (1915) -- "The Futurist Synthetic Theater, 1915" (1915) -- 6. German Expressionism -- The Beggar (1912) -- "Two Superdramas" (1918) -- 7. Dada -- The Gas Heart (1920) -- Dada Manifesto, 1918 (1918) -- 8. The Theater of Pure Form -- The Cuttlefish (1922) -- "On a New Type of Play" (1920) -- 9. French Surrealism -- The Mysteries of Love (1927) -- First Surrealist Manifesto (1924) -- 10. The Theater of Cruelty -- The Spurt of Blood (1925) -- "No More Masterpieces" (1938) -- 11. Russian Oberiu -- Christmas at the Ivanovs' (1938) -- "The Oberiu Manifesto" (1928) -- 12. American Dada and Surrealism -- Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938) -- "Plays" (1934) -- 13. The Theater of the Absurd -- The Invasion (1949) -- "The Theater of the Absurd" (1961) -- General Bibliography -- Index.