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List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Plan of the cityof Athens; Part I. Tragedy as an Institution: The Historical Context:1. 'Deep plays': theatre as process in Greek civic life Paul Cartledge;2. A show for Dionysus P. E. Easterling; 3. The audience of Atheniantragedy Simon Goldhill; 4. The pictorial record Oliver Taplin; Part II.The Plays: 5. The sociology of Athenian tragedy Edith Hall; 6. Thelanguage of tragedy: rhetoric and communication Simon Goldhill; 7. Formand performance P. E. Easterling; 8. Myth into mythos: the shaping oftragic plots Peter Burian; Part III. Reception: 9. From repertoire tocanon P. E. Easterling; 10. Tragedy adapted for stages and screens: theRenaissance to the present Peter Burian; 11. Tragedy in performance:nineteenth- and twentieth-century productions Fiona Macintosh; 12.Modern critical approaches Simon Goldhill; Glossary; Chronology; Texts,commentaries and translations; Works cited; Index.