Theatre Journal 51.3, October 1999 Contents Comment Articles Performance Reviews Book Reviews Books Received Articles Schulz, David V., 1966- The Architecture of Conspicuous Consumption: Property, Class, and Display at Herbert Beerbohm Tree's Her Majesty's Theatre Subjects: Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917. Her Majesty's Theatre (London, England) Theater and society -- England -- London. Kintz, Linda, 1945- Performing Capital in Caryl Churchill's Serious Money Subjects: Churchill, Caryl. Serious money. Kershaw, Baz. Discouraging Democracy: British Theatres and Economics, 1979-1999 Subjects: Theater -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain. Theater and society -- Great Britain. Theater -- Political aspects -- Great Britain. Wickstrom, Maurya. Commodities, Mimesis, and The Lion King: Retail Theatre for the 1990s Subjects: Taymor, Julie, 1952-. Lion king. Theater -- Economic aspects. Harvie, Jennifer. Hurley, Erin. States of Play: Locating Québec in the Performances of Robert Lepage, Ex Machina, and the Cirque du Soleil Subjects: Lepage, Robert. Cirque du Soleil. Ex Machina (Theater group) Performance Reviews Graver, David, 1955- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (review) Subjects: Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny [performance]. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Lyric Opera of Chicago. Conley, Francine Heather. La Géométrie des Miracles (review) Subjects: Lepage, Robert. Géométrie des miracles [performance]. Maison des arts André Malraux (Créteil, France) Carlson, Marvin A., 1935- Measure for Measure (Kisasa Kisas) (review) Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Measure for measure (Kisasa kisas) [performance]. Taksim Sahnesi. Orenstein, Claudia. Woman General--Mu Gui Ying; Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (review) Subjects: Woman general--Mu Gui Ying [performance]. Taking Tiger Mountain by strategy [performance]. Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company of New York. Pace University Downtown Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Borgstrom, C. Henrik. For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (review) Subjects: Tremblay, Michel, 1942-. For the pleasure of seeing her again [performance]. Gaboriau, Linda, tr. Centaur Theatre (Montréal, Québec) Stuart, Ian, 1962- La Mer (review) Subjects: Bond, Edward. Mer [performance]. Théâtre de la Cité (Toulouse, France) Muller, David G. Phèdre, and Britannicus (review) Subjects: Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Phèdre [performance]. Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Britannicus [performance]. Almeida Theatre Company. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Majestic Theatre. Ringer, Loren. Phèdre (review) Subjects: Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Phèdre [performance]. Théâtre Vidy (Lausanne, Switzerland) Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes, France) Wolff, Tamsen. Oedipus (review) Subjects: Clubb, Dare. Oedipus [performance]. Blue Light Theater Company. Classic Stage Company Theater (New York, N.Y.) Jones, Richard. Iph ... (After Euripides' Iphigeneia in Aulis) (review) Subjects: Teevan, Colin. Iph ... (after Euripides' Iphigeneia in Aulis) [performance]. Lyric Theatre (Belfast, Northern Ireland) Trotter, Mary. The Beauty Queen of Leenane, and: A Night in November (review) Subjects: McDonagh, Martin. Beauty queen of Leenane [performance]. Walter Kerr Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Jones, Marie. Night in November [performance]. Douglas Fairbanks Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Book Reviews McLuskie, Kathleen. Theatre, Finance and Society in Early Modern England (review) Subjects: Leinwand, Theodore B. Theatre, finance and society in early modern England. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism. Bartels, Emily Carroll. Discovering the Subject in Renaissance England (review) Subjects: Hanson, Elizabeth, 1956-. Discovering the subject in Renaissance England. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Kobialka, Michal. The Medieval Theater of Cruelty: Rhetoric, Memory, Violence (review) Subjects: Enders, Jody, 1955-. Medieval theater of cruelty: rhetoric, memory, violence. Drama, Medieval -- History and criticism. Hodgdon, Barbara, 1932- Shakespeare and the Authority of Performance (review) Subjects: Worthen, William B., 1955-. Shakespeare and the authority of performance. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production. Rokem, Freddie, 1945- Drama and Ideology in Modern Israel (review) Subjects: Abramson, Glenda. Drama and ideology in modern Israel. Israeli drama -- History and criticism. Fleche, Anne. Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (review) Subjects: Butler, Judith P. Excitable speech: a politics of the performative. Oral communication -- Social aspects. Reilly, Joy Harriman, 1942- The Stages of Age: Performing Age in Contemporary American Culture (review) Subjects: Basting, Anne Davis, 1965-. Stages of age: performing age in contemporary American culture. Aged -- United States. Londré, Felicia Hardison, 1941- Tennessee Williams: A Guide to Research and Performance (review) Subjects: Kolin, Philip C., ed. Tennessee Williams: a guide to research and performance. Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. Jones, Joni L. Taking It to the Streets: The Social Protest Theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka (review) Subjects: Elam, Harry Justin. Taking it to the streets: the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka. Teatro Campesino (Organization) Dolan, Jill, 1957- Staging Resistance: Essays on Political Theater, and: Radical Street Performance: An International Anthology (review) Subjects: Colleran, Jeanne M. (Jeanne Marie), 1954-, ed. Staging resistance: essays on political theater. Spencer, Jenny S., ed. Theater -- Political aspects. Cohen-Cruz, Jan, 1950-, ed. Radical street performance: an international anthology. Street theater.