Introduction: on the meaning of mime and pantomime
Major developments of the art of mime in the Occident and Orient
Exponents of twentieth-century mime schools and movement styles
Mime, first language and art: mime in Greece and Rome
Mimes and jongleurs of the Middle Ages
Origins of the commedia dell'arte and the Théâtres de la Foire
Gaspard Deburau and the Pierrots of the nineteenth century
Mime and movement in German, Russian, and Italian theatre
Exit Pierrot, enter Georges Wague
Etienne Decroux, father of corporeal mime
Mimes of twentieth-century Europe
Mime and movement theatre in North America
Movement and silence in modern and postmodern verbal theatre
Appendixes. A. Schools and centers for movement training. B. Archives, resource centers, and artist directories; periodicals and publications; library and museum collections; pantomime and mime scripts and bookshop collections; festivals. C. Filmography.
