Irish theater in America
Subtitle: essays on Irish theatrical diaspora
By: edited by John P. Harrington.
Contributors: Harrington, John P.
Series: Irish studies
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Syracuse, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780815631699
Subjects: English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; English drama -- Irish authors -- Appreciation -- United States; Theater -- United States -- History; Irish -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Harrigan, Hart, and Braham: Irish America and the birth of the American musical / Mick Moloney; title: From scapegrace to grsta: popular attitudes and stereotypes in Irish American drama / Maureen Murphy; title: Ireland rearranged: contemporary Irish drama and the Irish American stage / Christopher L. Berchild; title: Between two worlds: Boucicault's The shaughraun and its New York audience / Deirdre McFeely; title: Reporting the stage Irishman: Dion Boucicault in the Irish press / Gwen Orel; title: Kilkenny, Melbourne, New York: George Tallis and the Irish theatrical diaspora / Peter Kuch; title: The abbey, its "helpers," and the field of cultural production in 1913 / Lucy McDiarmid; title: Mac Liammir's The importance of being Oscar in America / Joan Fitzpatrick Dean; title: Beckett and America / John P. Harrington; title: Another look at those "three bollocks in a cell": someone who'll watch over me and the shackles of history / Claire Gleitman; title: Faith healer in New York and Dublin / Nicholas Grene; title: "Dancing on a one-way street": Irish reactions to dancing at Lughnasa in New York / Patrick Lonergan; title: "The irish play": beyond the generic? / Christina Hunt Mahony.