This book presents an analysis of more than 30 plays written by Irish dramatists and poets that are based on the tragedies of Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus. These plays proceed from the time of Yeats and Synge through MacNeice and the Longfords on to many of today's leading writers. A special feature of the book is that to cater for those who may know little about Greek tragedy, it begins with a chapter entitled A Brief Reading of Greek Tragedy, and then regarding to each Greek play analyzed, it presents a short essay about that play, before addressing the Irish reinterpretation.