The essays in this collection cover the entire range of Irish drama, from the late nineteenth-century melodramas (anticipating the rise of the Abbey Theatre) to the contemporary Dublin of theater festivals. In addition to studies of individual playwrights, the collection includes an examination of the relationship between the theater and its political context as reflected through its ideology, staging and programming. Including a complete chronology and bibliography, this collection will be an important introduction to one of the world's most vibrant theater cultures.
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"The excellent essays in this volume cover topics ranging from the birth of 'the literary theatre' in 1899 to a contemporary version of the Irish 'literary revival.' Highly recommended." D. Seelow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CHOICE
"[An] impressive, extensive, and significant collection of nineteen essays regarding the whole range of Irish drama from the past century."
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"[An] impressive, extensive, and significant collection of nineteen essays regarding the whole range of Irish drama from the past century."
Text & Presentation, Kelly Younger, Loyola Marymount University
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The essays in this collection cover the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas which anticipated the rise of the Abbey Theatre to the contemporary Dublin of theatre festivals. Further to studies of individual playwrights the collection also includes examination of the relationship between the theatre and its political context as this is inflected through its ideology, staging and programming. With a full chronology and bibliography, this collection is an indispensable introduction to one of the world's most vibrant theatre cultures.
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The idea of 'nation', as both theme and setting, has haunted the development of Irish theatre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
literary theatre, peasant play, easy sentiment, sanctuary lamp, national theatre, theatre movement, women playwrights Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Gregory, Field Day, Brian Friel, Collected Works, New York, Northern Ireland, Samuel Beckett, Colin Smythe, Irish Literary Theatre, Gerrards Cross, Sean O'Casey, Maud Gonne, Home Rule, Marina Carr, Tom Murphy, United States, Fintan O'Toole, Gaelic League, George Bernard Shaw, John Bull's Other Island, Nicholas Grene, Selected Plays, Collected Plays, Lady Windermere, The Shaughraun New!
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The idea of 'nation', as both theme and setting, has haunted the development of Irish theatre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
literary theatre, peasant play, easy sentiment, sanctuary lamp, national theatre, theatre movement, women playwrights Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Gregory, Field Day, Brian Friel, Collected Works, New York, Northern Ireland, Samuel Beckett, Colin Smythe, Irish Literary Theatre, Gerrards Cross, Sean O'Casey, Maud Gonne, Home Rule, Marina Carr, Tom Murphy, United States, Fintan O'Toole, Gaelic League, George Bernard Shaw, John Bull's Other Island, Nicholas Grene, Selected Plays, Collected Plays, Lady Windermere, The Shaughraun New!
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- Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett on 10 pages
- Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation by Declan Kiberd on 7 pages
- The Playboy Of The Western World by John M. Synge on 7 pages
- Playboy of the Western World, the by John M. Synge on 7 pages
- Interpreting Synge by Nicholas Grene on 5 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Anthony Roche in Front Matter, page 141, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to John Updike (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stacey Olster in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stephen Bottoms in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to the Modern German Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Graham Bartram in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Philip Roth (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Timothy Parrish in Front Matter
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