Experimental Irish theatre
Subtitle: after W.B. Yeats
By: Ian R. Walsh
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780230300958
Subjects: English drama; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; History and criticism; Experimental theater; Irish authors; PERFORMING ARTS / General
Description: This book examines experimental Irish theatre that ran counter to the naturalistic 'peasant' drama synonymous with Irish playwriting. Focusing on four marginalised playwrights after Yeats, it charts a tradition linking the experimentation of the early Irish theatre movement with the innovation of contemporary Irish and international drama.