Introduction, Drugs, Perception and Altered States of Consciousness in the Arcades Project (Passagen-Werk) by Walter Benjamin, Constructions of Consciousness in Hamlet, Kissing Holes for the Bullets: Consciousness in Directing and Playing Barker's Uncle Vanya, Edges of Perception in Performance and Audience, Performing Theories of Consciousness, The Motion of Our Human Blood Almost Suspended: The Desirable Consciousness of the Actor, U-Man Zoo's Love, Life and Laundry - a Study of the Linguistics of Theatrical Play, Performance and Consciousness as Freedom, Consciousness and the Concept of Rasa, Consciousness and Contemporary Indian Theatre, Conclusion, Notes on Contributors, Index