David Hare: the work of mourning, or, the agony and the ecstasy of the bourgeoisie -- Howard Barker: will and desire-- from the tragedy of socialism to the ecstasy of the unconscious -- Edward Bond: tragedy and postmodernity, or, the Promethean impulse -- Caryl Churchill: the Dionysian Möbius strip -- New English tragedians: the tragedy of the tragic.