Introduction -- Elements of theater -- Theater history -- Early theater -- Greek theater -- Roman theater -- Medieval theater -- Early Asian theater -- Theaters of the Renaissance -- Italian Renaissance -- English Renaissance -- Spanish Golden Age -- French Neoclasical theater -- Theater from 1660 to 1875 -- English Restoration -- Theater in the Eighteenth Century -- Theater from 1800 to 1875 -- Modern theater -- Theater from 1875 to 1915 -- Theater from 1915 to 1945 -- Theater from 1945 to 1970 -- Contemporary theater: 1970 to the present.