Irish Theatre in Transition [electronic resource] : From the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century /
Morse, D.editor.
The Irish Theatre in Transition explores the ever-changing Irish Theatre from its inception to its vibrant modern-day reality. This book shows some of the myriad forms of transition and how Irish theatre reflects the changing conditions of a changing society and nation.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Irish Theatre in Transition; Part I: Foundations and Refoundations in Historical Perspective; 1 The Irish Theatre: The First Hundred Years, 1897-1997; Part II: Engaging with a Changing Reality; 2 Black Hole Experiences: Moochers, Smoochers, Dig Outs and the Parables and Spasms of Time in Conor McPherson's The Night Alive; 3 Queer Creatures, Queer Place: Otherness and Normativity in Irish Drama from Synge to Friel
4 Troubled Relations of Gender and Generation in Celtic Tiger Drama: Stella Feehily's Duck and O Go My Man5 'The Politics of Aging': Frank McGuinness's The Hanging Gardens; Part III: Enhanced Theatricality; 6 Theatricality and Self-Reflexivity: The Play-within-the-Play in Select Contemporary Irish Plays; 7 When the Mirror Laughs: Face to Face with Three Recent Irish Stage Worlds; 8 Then Like Gigli, Now Like Bette: The Grotesque and the Sublime in Mark O'Rowe's Terminus; Part IV: Reframing Transition; 9 Shakespearean Productions at the Abbey Theatre, 1970-1985
10 Snapshots: A Year in the Life of a Theatre Judge11 The Irish Play on the London Stage: An Overview from Independence to the Present; Part V: Inventiveness and Expanding the Stage; 12 The Diverse Dramatic Contributions of Frank McGuinness; 13 Pat Kinevane's Forgotten and Silent: Universalizing the Abject; 14 Writing for 'the real national theatre': Stewart Parker's Plays for Television; 15 Playing with Minds: Beckett on Film; Part VI: On the 'Re-Foundation' of the Irish Theatre; 16 Sam Shepard, Irish Playwright; Further Reading; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Irish Theatre in Transition explores the ever-changing Irish Theatre from its inception to its vibrant modern-day reality. This book shows some of the myriad forms of transition and how Irish theatre reflects the changing conditions of a changing society and nation.
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