PROLOGUE INTRODUCTION The field of poppies THE EMPTY RITUAL Word-bridges Wher do I come from? A plurality of dramaturgies FIRST INTERMEZZO The children of silence ORGANIC DRAMATURGY AS A LEVEL OF ORGANISATION The actor's dramaturgy The ritual of Disorder Sonorous dramaturgy Dramaturgy of the space Prepare for life and arms The moment of truth SECOND INTERMEZZO What the actors say and the director's reflections NARRATIVE DRAMATURGY AS A LEVEL OF ORGANISATION Creative thought From glance to vision Who made me what I am? Knots Simultaneity: narrating according to the laws of space Ex : swimming in a lasting presence The origin f the Odin road No text, but narrative context Centre of the book Working for the text -- working with the text Kaosmos Chained to an oar THIRD INTERMEZZO Twenty years later EVOCATIVE DRAMATURGY AS A LEVEL OF ORGANISATION The Trans-Siberian The torrid zone of memory Winds that burn The spectator's dramaturgy The elusive order Shadows like roots FOUTH INTERMEZZO : What a notebook says : 5. Theatre-in-liberty : Burning the house ; A dramaturgy of dramaturgies ; Letter from the director to his friend and adviser Nando ; Taviani ; Incursions and irruptions