"The book... succeeds at refining elements in the problem that semiotics and theater represent to and for one another." -- Choice "The Semiotics of Performance surprisingly retains its revelatory freshness, and actually opens up areas of reseach that could very well supply new incentives for further probing into what semiotics can offer to the study of theatre." -- Theatre Survey

First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Analyzes the basic duality of theatre (the play is happening on a stage, but the story is happening at some other place and time), exploring how the two aspects both compete and complement each other and suggesting the social factors that impact the total process.

Theatre Semiotics provides a thorough argument for the place and the necessity of semiotics within the interpretive process of theatre.