Introduction: A Critic's New Clothes -- Ch. 1. Cultural Mediation and the Status Bargain -- Ch. 2. Critics in the Performing Arts -- Ch. 3. Development of the Festival Fringe -- Ch. 4. Festivals and the Modern Fringe -- Ch. 5. Myth of the Fringe -- Ch. 6. Do Critics Matter? -- Ch. 7. Critical Evaluation -- Ch. 8. Do Performers Listen? -- Ch. 9. Beyond Formal Evaluation -- Ch. 10. Discourse and Hierarchy -- Appendix A: Review Genres -- Appendix B: Methodological Note -- Appendix C: Note on the Mediation and Reception -- Appendix D: Tables
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