The Theatre of Conor McPherson

Eamonn Jordan

ISBN 10: 1788748271 / ISBN 13: 9781788748278

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2019, 2019

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Neuware -Multiple productions and the international successes of plays like The Weir have led to Conor McPherson being regarded by many as one of the finest writers of his generation. McPherson has also been hugely prolific as a theatre director, as a screenwriter and film director, garnering many awards in these different roles.In this collection of essays, commentators from around the world address the substantial range of McPherson¿s output to date in theatre and film, a body of work written primarily during and in the aftermath of Ireland¿s Celtic Tiger period. These critics approach the work in challenging and dynamic ways, considering the crucial issues of morality, the rupturing of the real, storytelling, and the significance of space, violence and gender. Explicit considerations are given to comedy and humour, and to theatrical form, especially that of the monologue and to the ways that the otherworldly, the unconscious and the supernatural are accommodated dramaturgically, with frequent emphasis placed on the specific aspects of performance in both theatre and film.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 342 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theatre of Conor McPherson
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788748271
• ISBN 13: 9781788748278
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 150H x 19D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 481 grams

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Multiple productions and the international successes of plays like The Weir have led to Conor McPherson being regarded by many as one of the finest writers of his generation. McPherson has also been hugely prolific as a theatre director, as a screenwriter and film director, garnering many awards in these different roles.

In this collection of essays, commentators from around the world address the substantial range of McPherson’s output to date in theatre and film, a body of work written primarily during and in the aftermath of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger period. These critics approach the work in challenging and dynamic ways, considering the crucial issues of morality, the rupturing of the real, storytelling, and the significance of space, violence and gender. Explicit considerations are given to comedy and humour, and to theatrical form, especially that of the monologue and to the ways that the otherworldly, the unconscious and the supernatural are accommodated dramaturgically, with frequent emphasis placed on the specific aspects of performance in both theatre and film.