Ian Carruthers has taught in the Theatre and Drama Department of La Trobe University since 1985. Takahashi Yasunari sadly died in 2002. He was Professor Emeritus of English Literature at the University of Tokyo University and Professor of English at Showa Women's University, Tokyo.

• List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction: Suzuki's work in the context of Japanese Theatre Takahashi Yasunari; 1. Rethinking Japanese theatre: cracking the codes Ian Carruthers; 2. Inaugurating an age of decentralisation Ian Carruthers; 3. Suzuki training: the sum of the interior angles Ian Carruthers; 4. Adaptations of Japanese classics: On the Dramatic Passions II and John Silver Ian Carruthers; 5. Suzuki's Euripides (I): The Trojan Women Ian Carruthers; 6. Suzuki's Euripides (II): The Bacchae Ian Carruthers; 7. Suzuki's Chekhov: The Chekhov and Ivanov Ian Carruthers; 8. Suzuki's Shakespeare (I): Macbeth Ian Carruthers; 9. Suzuki's Shakespeare (II): King Lear Takahashi Yasunari; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

'It is a much welcome addition to the small but growing Suzuki bibliography in English.' Theatre Research International