num_pages: 47
description: These Three Noh Plays were first presented at the Dublin International Theatre Festival (1978) and later at the Open Eye in New York (1980), James Flannery who directed the first production "In their combination of all the arts of the theatre, these plays are immensely challenging and exciting... By dealing with the compressed, even cinematic, dramaturgical form, and the delicate sensuality of the Japanese Noh, and dealing with what, in a real sense, are contemporary political themes, O'Connor has been bold and imaginitive."The theme that links the plays is fulfillment of self. "The Grand Inquisitor" refusing to give up Latin liturgy for he knows the power of God embodied in ancient rites; the ghost of Casement in "Submarine" recognizing abstract political ideologies can be destructive of individual freedom; "Deirdre" atoning for the great evil she brought on Naoise through her insistent desire to completely possess him.
language: English
title: Three Noh Plays
titlecomplete: Three Noh Plays
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Wolfhound Press