Originally published in 1958 under title: The self-conscious stage in modern French drama
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364)
Les enfants terribles: Jarry, Apollinaire, Cocteau -- Perils of debate: Giraudoux -- Further perils of debate: Claudel, Sartre -- Commercialism reconsidered: Anouilh -- The Belgian current -- Crommelynck -- Ghelderode -- Ionesco, Adamov, Beckett
Analyzes modern French drama with particular emphasis on the interrelationship of spectator and actor