Series Foreword – Robert Dawidoff
Foreword – John Lahr
Introduction: "On the Way to Balducci’s"
1. Early Writings: Four Meals in May and The Old Man
2. The "Plays": The Hotel Play, The Family Play, and The Hospital Play
3. "Inside Your Thing, But I’ll Do It Quickly": Our Late Night, In the Dark, and A Thought in Three Parts
4. "A Powerful Smell of Urine": Marie and Bruce, The Mandrake, and The Music Teacher
5. "In the Way in Relation to Others": My Dinner with André
6. Beyond "A Certain Chain of Reasoning": Aunt Dan and Lemon
7. "A Piece—Of a Human Brain": The Fever
Epilogue I: "A Genuine Family Drama": Vanya on 42nd Street
Epilogue II: "I can’t...just...I can’t...totally": The Designated Mourner
Appendix: The Man behind the Voice: Interview of Wallace Shawn by Mark Strand
Notes
Bibliography
Index
