Author: Stephen Watt
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book traces a significant shift in 20th century Irish theatre from the largely national plays produced in Dublin to a more expansive international art form. Confirmed by the recent success outside of Ireland of the "third wave" of Irish playwrights writing in the 1990s, the new Irish drama has encouraged critics to reconsider both the early national theatre and the dramatic tradition it fostered. On the occasion of the centenary of the first professional production of the Irish Literary Theatre, the contributors to this volume investigate contemporary Irish drama's aesthetic features and socio-political commitments and re-read the plays produced earlier in the century. Although these essayists cover a wide range of topics, from the productions and objectives of the Abbey Theatre's first rivals to mid-century theatre festivals, to plays about the "Troubles" in the North, they all reassess the oppositions so commonplace in critical discussions of Irish drama: nationalism vs. internationalism, high vs. low culture, urban experience vs. rural or peasant life. A Century of Irish Drama includes essays on such figures as W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett, Marina Carr, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness, Christina Read, Martin McDonagh, and many more. Stephen Watt is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington, and author of Postmodern/Drama: Reading the Contemporary Stage, Joyce, O'Casey, and the Irish Popular Theatre, and essays on Irish and Irish-American culture. He has also written extensively on higher education, most recently Academic Keywords: A Devil's Dictionary for Higher Education (with Cary Nelson). Eileen M. Morgan is a lecturer in English and Irish Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is currently working on Sean O'Faolain's biographies of De Valera and on Edna O'Brien's 1990s trilogy, and is preparing a book-length study on the influence of radio in Ireland. Shakir Mustafa is a Visiting Instructor in the English department at Indiana University. His work has appeared in such journals as New Hibernia Review and The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, and he is now translating Arabic short stories into English. Drama and Performance Studies--Timothy Wiles, general editor
A Century of Irish Drama
Author: Stephen Watt
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book traces a significant shift in 20th century Irish theatre from the largely national plays produced in Dublin to a more expansive international art form. Confirmed by the recent success outside of Ireland of the "third wave" of Irish playwrights writing in the 1990s, the new Irish drama has encouraged critics to reconsider both the early national theatre and the dramatic tradition it fostered. On the occasion of the centenary of the first professional production of the Irish Literary Theatre, the contributors to this volume investigate contemporary Irish drama's aesthetic features and socio-political commitments and re-read the plays produced earlier in the century. Although these essayists cover a wide range of topics, from the productions and objectives of the Abbey Theatre's first rivals to mid-century theatre festivals, to plays about the "Troubles" in the North, they all reassess the oppositions so commonplace in critical discussions of Irish drama: nationalism vs. internationalism, high vs. low culture, urban experience vs. rural or peasant life. A Century of Irish Drama includes essays on such figures as W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett, Marina Carr, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness, Christina Read, Martin McDonagh, and many more. Stephen Watt is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington, and author of Postmodern/Drama: Reading the Contemporary Stage, Joyce, O'Casey, and the Irish Popular Theatre, and essays on Irish and Irish-American culture. He has also written extensively on higher education, most recently Academic Keywords: A Devil's Dictionary for Higher Education (with Cary Nelson). Eileen M. Morgan is a lecturer in English and Irish Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is currently working on Sean O'Faolain's biographies of De Valera and on Edna O'Brien's 1990s trilogy, and is preparing a book-length study on the influence of radio in Ireland. Shakir Mustafa is a Visiting Instructor in the English department at Indiana University. His work has appeared in such journals as New Hibernia Review and The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, and he is now translating Arabic short stories into English. Drama and Performance Studies--Timothy Wiles, general editor
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book traces a significant shift in 20th century Irish theatre from the largely national plays produced in Dublin to a more expansive international art form. Confirmed by the recent success outside of Ireland of the "third wave" of Irish playwrights writing in the 1990s, the new Irish drama has encouraged critics to reconsider both the early national theatre and the dramatic tradition it fostered. On the occasion of the centenary of the first professional production of the Irish Literary Theatre, the contributors to this volume investigate contemporary Irish drama's aesthetic features and socio-political commitments and re-read the plays produced earlier in the century. Although these essayists cover a wide range of topics, from the productions and objectives of the Abbey Theatre's first rivals to mid-century theatre festivals, to plays about the "Troubles" in the North, they all reassess the oppositions so commonplace in critical discussions of Irish drama: nationalism vs. internationalism, high vs. low culture, urban experience vs. rural or peasant life. A Century of Irish Drama includes essays on such figures as W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett, Marina Carr, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness, Christina Read, Martin McDonagh, and many more. Stephen Watt is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington, and author of Postmodern/Drama: Reading the Contemporary Stage, Joyce, O'Casey, and the Irish Popular Theatre, and essays on Irish and Irish-American culture. He has also written extensively on higher education, most recently Academic Keywords: A Devil's Dictionary for Higher Education (with Cary Nelson). Eileen M. Morgan is a lecturer in English and Irish Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is currently working on Sean O'Faolain's biographies of De Valera and on Edna O'Brien's 1990s trilogy, and is preparing a book-length study on the influence of radio in Ireland. Shakir Mustafa is a Visiting Instructor in the English department at Indiana University. His work has appeared in such journals as New Hibernia Review and The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, and he is now translating Arabic short stories into English. Drama and Performance Studies--Timothy Wiles, general editor
Plays for an Irish Theatre
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dramatists, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Plays in Prose and Verse
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Our Irish Theatre
Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The Irish Theatre
Author: Joseph Holloway
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Plays for an Irish Theatre
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama
Author: Shaun Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521008730
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521008730
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher Description
Plays for an Irish Theatre
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Plays for an Irish Theatre
Author: W. B. Yeats
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780649181186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780649181186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Where There is Nothing: Being Plays for an Irish Theatre - Volume I.
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473349265
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The first volume of "Plays for an Irish Theatre" contains W. B. Yeats' play in five acts "Where There is Nothing". This marvellous play will appeal to all lovers of the English language, and especially those with an interest in the work of Yeats' and Irish literature in general. William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the most prolific literary figures of the 20th-century. At the forefront of both the British and Irish literary movements, he co-founded the Abbey Theatre and was, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others, a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. In his later life, Yeats also served as a Senator in Ireland. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473349265
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The first volume of "Plays for an Irish Theatre" contains W. B. Yeats' play in five acts "Where There is Nothing". This marvellous play will appeal to all lovers of the English language, and especially those with an interest in the work of Yeats' and Irish literature in general. William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the most prolific literary figures of the 20th-century. At the forefront of both the British and Irish literary movements, he co-founded the Abbey Theatre and was, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others, a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. In his later life, Yeats also served as a Senator in Ireland. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.