The Norton Anthology of Drama: Introduction. Drama and theater ; A short history of theater ; Greek theater ; Roman theater ; Classical Indian theater ; Classical Chinese theater ; Classical Japanese theater ; Medieval European theater ; Theater in early modern Europe, 1500-1700 ; English theater, 1576-1642 ; Spanish theater, 1580-1700 ; French theater, 1630-1700 ; English theater, 1660-1700 ; Eighteenth-century theater ; Romanticism and melodrama, 1800-1880 ; Modern theater, 1880-1945 ; Postwar theater, 1945-1970 ; Contemporary theater ; Reading drama, imagining theater