The greenroom -- The hunter and the game -- Hunting instincts -- The lamppost and the alley -- The fatal spin -- The problem with "training", or, "Slaves of the ant-god, Throog" -- Emotion -- The map and the territory -- Theatrical forms -- Totalitarian tendencies -- Repression -- Politically correct -- Great American plays and great American poetry -- The bathing machine -- Stagecraft -- Impertinence -- The end of adolescence -- Subvention -- Two teachers -- A culture of confession -- Theatrical culture -- Third parties -- On the general uselessness of the rehearsal process -- The fallacy of the director -- Directing for the stage -- Time.