Actor, playwright, and theorist of the noh theater Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443) wrote 21 treatises on such aspects of theater as the nature of dramatic illusion, audience interest, tactics for composing successful plays, somaticity, and body training. Quinn (Japanese, Ohio State U.) interprets the treatises, and traces the development of his ideas on how best to cultivate attunement between performer and audience. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)