The Irish play on the New York stage, 1874-1966
By: John P. Harrington.
Series: Irish literature, history, and culture
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.; English drama -- Irish authors -- Appreciation -- United States.; Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.; Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.; Public opinion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.; Irish -- United States -- History.; Ireland -- Foreign public opinion, American.; Ireland -- Relations -- United States.; United States -- Relations -- Ireland.; Ireland -- In literature.
Description: By examining seven different opening nights in New York theaters over the course of the last century, John Harrington considers the reception of Irish drama on the American stage and explores the complex interplay between drama and audience expectations.

All of these productions provoked some form of public disagreement when they were first staged in New York, ranging from the confrontation between Shaw and the Society for the Suppression of Vice to the intellectual outcry provoked by billing Waiting for Godot as "the laugh sensation of two continents.".

The inaugural volume in the series Irish Literature, History, and Culture, The Irish Play on the New York Stage explores the New York premieres of The Shaughraun (1874), Mrs Warren's Profession (1905), The Playboy of the Western World (1911), Exiles (1925), Within the Gates (1934), Waiting for Godot (1956), and Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1966).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-179) and index.