Ⅰ．OLD RUSSIA 3
Ⅱ．FAMILY LIFE 12
Ⅲ．STRUGGLES WITH OBSTINACY 21
Ⅳ．VALUE OF CHILDISH IMPRESSIONS 32
Ⅴ．PLAY DAYS 39
Ⅵ．OUR HOME THEATRE 58
Ⅶ．A SUDDENLY DISCOVERED TALENT 66
Ⅷ．RUSSIAN DRAMATIC SCHOOLS 26
Ⅸ．THE LITTLE THEATRE 91
Ⅹ．THE CONSERVATORY 103
Ⅺ．ANTON RUBENSTEIN 109
Ⅻ．ATTEMPTS IN OPERETTAS 116
ⅩⅢ．THE OPERA 132
ⅩⅣ．THE MAMONTOV CIRCLE 141
ⅩⅤ．THE SOCIETY OF ART AND LITERATURE 148
ⅩⅥ．FUNDAMENTALS OF ART MATERIAL 161
ⅩⅦ．MARRIAGE 169
ⅩⅧ．CHARACTER PARTS 180
ⅩⅨ．GENIUS OF DIRECTOR KRONEK 196
ⅩⅩ．FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A DIRECTOR 207
ⅩⅪ．LEV TOLSTOY 217
ⅩⅫ．＂URIEL ACOSTA＂ 226
ⅩⅩⅢ．＂THE POLISH JEW＂ 238
ⅩⅩⅣ．THE PROFESSIONAL THEATRE 246
ⅩⅩⅤ．NEW STAGE EFFECTS 256
ⅩⅩⅥ．TOMMASO SALVINI THE ELDER 265
ⅩⅩⅦ．OTHELLO 277
ⅩⅩⅧ．MEETING WITH NEMIROVICH-DANCHENKO 288
ⅩⅩⅨ．MY SUMMER IN PUSHKINO 300
ⅩⅩⅩ．THE FOUNDING OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE 311
ⅩⅩⅪ．THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE 329
ⅩⅩⅫ．THE LINE OF THE FANTASTIC 340
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．SYMBOLISM AND IMPRESSIONISM 344
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．＂THE SEAGULL＂ 352
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．＂UNCLE VANYA＂ 360
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ．THE JOURNEY TO THE CRIMEA IN 1900 364
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ．＂THE THREE SISTERS＂ 370
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ．THE FIRST JOURNEY TO PETROGRAD 376
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ．JOURNEYS TO THE PROVINCES 382
ⅩL．THE LINE OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOODS 390
ⅩLⅠ．＂THE POWER OF DARKNESS＂AND＂THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE＂ 400
ⅩLⅡ．JULIUS C？SAR 408
ⅩLⅢ．THE LAST YEAR WITH CHEKHOV 415
ⅩLⅣ．＂THE CHERRY ORCHARD＂ 420
ⅩLⅤ．THE STUDIO ON POVARSKAYA 425
ⅩLⅥ．OUR FIRST JOURNEY ABROAD 439
ⅩLⅦ．THE CABBAGS PARTIES 450
ⅩLⅧ．THE BEGINNINGS OF MY SYSTEM 458
ⅩLⅨ．LEOPOLD SULERJITSKY 468
L．＂THE DRAMA OF LIFE＂ 472
LⅠ．DISAPPOINTMENTS 484
LⅡ．＂THE LIFE OF MAN＂ 493
LⅢ．A VISIT TO MAETERLINCK 498
LⅣ．ISADORA DUNCAN AND GORDON CRAIG 505
LⅤ．THE FIRST STUDIO 525
LⅥ．THE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST STUDIO 531
LⅦ．＂A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY＂ 542
LⅧ．THE WAR 547
LⅨ．THE SECOND REVOLUTION 550
LⅩ．THE OPERA STUDIO 558
LⅪ．MY LIFE IN ART 563
APPENDICES 573
LIST OF THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE ALEXEIEV CIRCLE 573
LIST OF THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF ART AND LITERATURE 575
LIST OF THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE 577
INDEX 579