THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO TWENTIETH CENTURY IRISH DRAMA (PB 2004)

RICHARDS S.

ISBN 10: 0521008735 / ISBN 13: 9780521008730

Published by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004

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Synopsis:

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. A team of international experts from Ireland, the UK, the USA and Europe provide individual studies of internationally known playwrights of the period of the Literary Revival - Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Shaw, Wilde, O'Casey - and contemporary playwrights Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Frank McGuiness and Sebastian Barry, in addition to emerging playwrights such as Martin McDonagh and Marina Carr. 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.

About the Author: Shaun Richards is Professor of Irish Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Staffordshire University. He is the author with Davis Cairns of Writing Ireland: Colonialism, Nationalism and Culture (1988) and has written numerous journal and book articles on Irish studies and Irish drama.

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO TWENTIETH CENTURY...
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Brand New