| List of Illustrations | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction: A Critic's New Clothes | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | Cultural Mediation and the Status Bargain | 25 |
| Ch. 2 | Critics in the Performing Arts | 42 |
| Ch. 3 | Development of the Festival Fringe | 63 |
| Ch. 4 | Festivals and the Modern Fringe | 83 |
| Ch. 5 | Myth of the Fringe | 109 |
| Ch. 6 | Do Critics Matter? | 125 |
| Ch. 7 | Critical Evaluation | 144 |
| Ch. 8 | Do Performers Listen? | 165 |
| Ch. 9 | Beyond Formal Evaluation | 181 |
| Ch. 10 | Discourse and Hierarchy | 193 |
| Epilogue | 213 |
| Appendix A: Review Genres | 215 |
| Appendix B: Methodological Note | 218 |
| Appendix C: Note on the Mediation and Reception | 221 |
| Appendix D: Tables | 223 |
| Notes | 229 |
| Bibliography | 265 |
| Index | 275 |
