The Ulster Literary Theatre and the northern revival
By: Eugene McNulty.
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781859184271; 9781859184714
Subjects: Ulster Literary Theatre -- History; Theater -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History -- 20th century; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: "This is the first book-length study dedicated to the Ulster Literary Theatre. The Ulster Literary Theatre was considered by many contemporaries to be the equal of the Abbey Theatre, certainly in terms of energy, output and nationalist commitment. In the first decade of its existence this Belfast company produced a number of significant and exciting works, including the early efforts of Rutherford Mayne and the extraordinary burlesques of Gerald MacNamara. In so doing, it provided a key forum in which the North's cultural politics could be explored and performed. Drawing particularly on the northern group's early history, Eugene McNulty explores this intriguing performance history of Belfast's own nationalist theatre."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: The North in search of revival; title: Belfast in 1898 : echoes from the tomb; title: 'Damn Yeats, we'll write our own plays!' : the beginnings of the Ulster Literary Theatre; title: 'Draw it not too rigidly' : Ulad and the 'position' of Ulster; title: The Ulster Literary Theatre's early myths; title: Dramatic federalism : representing the not so mythic North?; title: Gerald MacNamara's other space : myth writes back; title: Cathleen who? : Suzanne and her dangerous moments; title: A fog in the twilight; title: The sacred and profane Thompson; title: Conclusion : out of time?; title: Appendix : first productions of the Ulster Literary Theatre.