1. Convention and illusion--2. Asides in Euripides--3. Aeschylus and Sophocles--4. Old comedy--5. From Aristophanes to Menander--6. Asides in new comedy: I--7. Asides in new comedy II--8. Conventional entrances--9. Conventions in new comedy - some conclusions--10. Roman comedy--11. Audience address in the new comedy--12. Play with the dramatic illusion