Edith Hall is Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham and Co-Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of OxfordFiona Macintosh is Senior Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of OxfordAmanda Wrigley is Researcher at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford

Hall's 46-page introduction to the volume is one of the best pieces that have been written so far in the area of Reception Studies of classical texts, and ought to be mandatory reading for anyone interested in this area.

• 1. Introduction: Why Greek tragedy since the late 1960s? ; 1. DIONYSUS AND THE SEX WAR ; 2. Dionysus in '69 ; 3. Bad women: gender politics in late twentieth-century performance and revision of Greek tragedy ; 4. Heracles as Dr Strangelove and GI Joe: male heroism deconstructed ; 2. DIONYSUS IN POLITICS ; 5. Sophocles' Philoctetes, Seamus Heaney's, and some other recent half-rhymes ; 6. Aeschylus, race, class, and war in the 1990s ; 7. Greek tragedy in cinema: theatre, politics, history ; 8. Greek drama and anti-colonialism: decolonising Classics ; 3. DIONYSUS AND THE AESTHETICS OF PERFORMANCE ; 9. The use of masks in modern performances of Greek tragedy ; 10. Greek notes in Samuel Beckett's theatre art ; 11. Greek Tragedy in late twentieth-century opera ; 4. DIONYSUS AND THE LIFE OF THE MIND ; 12. Oedipus in the East End: from Freus to Berkoff ; 13. Thinking about the origins of theatre in the 1970s ; 14. The voices we hear ; 15. Details of productions discussed

Edith Hall is Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham and Co-Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of OxfordFiona Macintosh is Senior Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of OxfordAmanda Wrigley is Researcher at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford

Hall's 46-page introduction to the volume is one of the best pieces that have been written so far in the area of Reception Studies of classical texts, and ought to be mandatory reading for anyone interested in this area.

• 1. Introduction: Why Greek tragedy since the late 1960s? ; 1. DIONYSUS AND THE SEX WAR ; 2. Dionysus in '69 ; 3. Bad women: gender politics in late twentieth-century performance and revision of Greek tragedy ; 4. Heracles as Dr Strangelove and GI Joe: male heroism deconstructed ; 2. DIONYSUS IN POLITICS ; 5. Sophocles' Philoctetes, Seamus Heaney's, and some other recent half-rhymes ; 6. Aeschylus, race, class, and war in the 1990s ; 7. Greek tragedy in cinema: theatre, politics, history ; 8. Greek drama and anti-colonialism: decolonising Classics ; 3. DIONYSUS AND THE AESTHETICS OF PERFORMANCE ; 9. The use of masks in modern performances of Greek tragedy ; 10. Greek notes in Samuel Beckett's theatre art ; 11. Greek Tragedy in late twentieth-century opera ; 4. DIONYSUS AND THE LIFE OF THE MIND ; 12. Oedipus in the East End: from Freus to Berkoff ; 13. Thinking about the origins of theatre in the 1970s ; 14. The voices we hear ; 15. Details of productions discussed

Edith Hall is Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham and Co-Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of OxfordFiona Macintosh is Senior Research Fellow at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of OxfordAmanda Wrigley is Researcher at the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford

Hall's 46-page introduction to the volume is one of the best pieces that have been written so far in the area of Reception Studies of classical texts, and ought to be mandatory reading for anyone interested in this area.

• 1. Introduction: Why Greek tragedy since the late 1960s? ; 1. DIONYSUS AND THE SEX WAR ; 2. Dionysus in '69 ; 3. Bad women: gender politics in late twentieth-century performance and revision of Greek tragedy ; 4. Heracles as Dr Strangelove and GI Joe: male heroism deconstructed ; 2. DIONYSUS IN POLITICS ; 5. Sophocles' Philoctetes, Seamus Heaney's, and some other recent half-rhymes ; 6. Aeschylus, race, class, and war in the 1990s ; 7. Greek tragedy in cinema: theatre, politics, history ; 8. Greek drama and anti-colonialism: decolonising Classics ; 3. DIONYSUS AND THE AESTHETICS OF PERFORMANCE ; 9. The use of masks in modern performances of Greek tragedy ; 10. Greek notes in Samuel Beckett's theatre art ; 11. Greek Tragedy in late twentieth-century opera ; 4. DIONYSUS AND THE LIFE OF THE MIND ; 12. Oedipus in the East End: from Freus to Berkoff ; 13. Thinking about the origins of theatre in the 1970s ; 14. The voices we hear ; 15. Details of productions discussed