Σκοπὸς τοῦ βιβλίου ἡ ἐξέτασι δέκα Εὐρωπαίων θεατρικῶν σκηνοθετῶν ἀπὸ τὰ τέλη τοῦ 19ου αἰῶνος ἕως τὰ τέλη τοῦ 20οῦ· ἀπὸ τὴν ἵδρυσι τοῦ Théâtre Libre ἐκ τοῦ Γάλλου σκηνοθέτου Ἀντρὲ Ἀντουὰν τὸ 1887 ἕως τὴν ἐπιτελεστικὴ πρᾶξι ἐκ τοῦ Πολωνοῦ σκηνοθέτου Γιέρσυ Γκροτόφσκι τὸ 1995· ἀπ’ ὅταν ὁ νατουραλισμὸς εἰσῆλθε στὴν σκηνὴ προκαλῶν κριτικὲς ἀναταράξεις ἕως τὴν ἐποχὴ τοῦ Μεταδραματικοῦ Θεάτρου.

The aim of this book is the examination of ten theatre directors in Europe from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. From the establishment of Théâtre Libre by the French director André Antoine in 1887 to the performative Action by the Polish director Jerzy Grotowski in 1995. From the time that Naturalism arrived on stage causing critical turbulence to the era of Postdramatic Theatre.