Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama 2e: A Norton Critical Edition: 0 (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Harrington, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393932435 ISBN 13: 9780393932430

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009

Synopsis

This revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition reprints the complete texts of fourteen plays by the major Irish playwrights: W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Bernard Shaw, Sean O'Casey, Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel, Conor McPherson, and Marina Carr. The texts are accompanied by John Harrington's introduction to the volume and by his detailed explanatory annotations. "Backgrounds and Criticism" is chronologically organized by playwright and includes prefaces, letters, journal entries, program notes, and interpretative essays for each play in the volume. In order to provide additional context for readers, these materials are preceded by five essays on the early-twentieth-century "The Irish Dramatic Revival" and followed by four essays on the current state of "Theater in Ireland." A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.

About this title

Synopsis:

This new edition reprints the complete texts of fourteen plays, by ten major Irish playwrights, with four new to this edition: "At the Hawk's Well" by W.B.Yeats; "Pot of Broth" by Yeats and Lady Gregory; "The Weir" by Conor McPherson and "By the Bog of Cats" by Marina Carr. "Backgrounds and Criticism" contains more than forty reviews and reactions related to the fourteen plays and playwrights included. A section on "The Irish Dramatic Revival and theatre in Ireland are included, along with a chronology and bibliography.

About the Author:

John P. Harrington is Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University. He is the author of The Life of the Neighborhood Playhouse on Grand Street, The Irish Play on the New York Stage, The Irish Beckett: Irish Contexts of Samuel Beckett's Work, and The English Traveler in Ireland. He has published many articles on a wide range of topics in Irish literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0393932435
• ISBN 13: 9780393932430
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 672