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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

by ShaunRichards (Editor)

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Synopsis

The essays in this collection cover the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas which anticipated the rise of the Abbey Theatre to the contemporary Dublin of theatre festivals. A team of international experts from Ireland, the UK, the USA and Europe provide individual studies of internationally known playwrights of the period of the Literary Revival - Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Shaw, Wilde, O'Casey - and contemporary playwrights Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Frank McGuiness and Sebastian Barry, in addition to emerging playwrights such as Martin McDonagh and Marina Carr. Further to studies of individual playwrights the collection also includes examination of the relationship between the theatre and its political context as this is inflected through its ideology, staging and programming. With a full chronology and bibliography, this collection is an indispensable introduction to one of the world's most vibrant theatre cultures.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 308
 Edition: 1st edition
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 26 Feb 2010
ISBN 10: 0521008735
ISBN 13: 9780521008730
Book Overview: This collection covers the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas to contemporary Dublin theatre festivals.

Media Reviews
'Extensive in its breadth and including studies of the major playwrights and their most important works, this book offers an excellent introduction to a major dramatic and theatrical tradition.' Reference Reviews
The excellent essays in this volume cover topics ranging from the birth of 'the literary theatre' in 1899 to a contemporary version of the Irish 'literary revival.' Highly recommended. D. Seelow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CHOICE
[An] impressive, extensive, and significant collection of nineteen essays regarding the whole range of Irish drama from the past century. Text & Presentation, Kelly Younger, Loyola Marymount University
Author Bio
Shaun Richards is Professor of Irish Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Staffordshire University. He is the author with Davis Cairns of Writing Ireland: Colonialism, Nationalism and Culture (1988) and has written numerous journal and book articles on Irish studies and Irish drama.