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    Irish drama and theatre since 1950 / Patrick Lonergan.

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    • Title:Irish drama and theatre since 1950 / Patrick Lonergan.
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    • Author/Creator:Lonergan, Patrick, author.
    • Published/Created:London : Methuen Drama, 2019.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Irish drama--20th century--History and criticism.
      Irish drama--21st century--History and criticism.
      English drama--Irish authors--20th century--History and criticism.
      English drama--Irish authors--21st century--History and criticism.
    • Description:vii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
    • Series:Critical companions (London, England)
    • Summary:"Drawing on major new archival discoveries and recent research, Patrick Lonergan presents an innovative account of Irish drama and theatre, spanning the past seventy years. Rather than offering a linear narrative, the volume traces key themes to illustrate the relationship between theatre and changes in society. In considering internationalization, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Celtic Tiger period, feminism, and the changing status of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Lonergan asserts the power of theatre to act as an agent of change and uncovers the contribution of individual artists, plays and productions in challenging societal norms. Irish Drama and Theatre since 1950 provides a wide-ranging account of major developments, combined with case studies of the premiere or revival of major plays, the establishment of new companies and the influence of international work and artists, including Tennessee Williams, Chekhov and Brecht. While bringing to the fore some of the untold stories and overlooked playwrights following the declaration of the Irish Republic, Lonergan weaves into his account the many Irish theatre-makers who have achieved international prominence in the period: Samuel Beckett, Siobhán McKenna and Brendan Behan in the 1950s, continuing with Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, and concluding with the playwrights who emerged in the late 1990s, including Martin McDonagh, Enda Walsh, Conor McPherson, Marie Jones and Marina Carr. The contribution of major Irish companies to world theatre is also examined, including both the Abbey and Gate theatres, as well as Druid, Field Day and Charabanc. Through its engaging analysis of seventy years of Irish theatre, this volume charts the acts of gradual but revolutionary change that are the story of Irish theatre and drama and of its social and cultural contexts."
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-252) and index.
    • ISBN:9781474262644 (hardback)
      1474262643 (hardback)
      9781474262651 (paperback)
      1474262651 (paperback)
      9781474262675 (ePDF)
      9781474262668 (ebook)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. "Thank Goodness That's Over'
      Irish Theatre in the 1950s
      Siobhan McKenna and Shaw: from San Siobhan to Saint Joan
      Brendan Behan: from An Giall to The Hostage
      Beckett: from En attendant Godot to Waiting for Godot to Ag Fanacht le Godot
      2. Secularization and the `Post-Catholic' in Irish Theatre
      Righteous Are Bold, 1946
      63
      Catholicism on the Irish stage in the 1950s
      Catholicism in court: Mairead Ni Ghrada's An Triail, 1964
      5
      Tom Murphy's The Sanctuary Lamp, 1975
      Stewart Parker's Pentecost, 1987
      Patricia Burke Brogan's Eclipsed, 1992
      From Eclipsed to ANU's Laundry, 2011
      3. Internationalizing Irish Theatre
      Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964) and the `Second Renaissance'
      1956 and all that
      Towards a Brechtian Irish theatre: Tomas Mac Anna, Murphy and Friel
      `I feel so extraordinary': Lynne Parker's Rough Magic
      Chekhov in Ireland: Carr and Caldwell
      Conclusion
      4. Repeat and Revise
      Recycling Irish Images, Narratives and Tropes
      Rewriting James Joyce, 1961
      2014
      Making Synge new: Garry Hynes and Druid Theatre, 1975
      2005
      Inheritances: Christina Reid and the Troubles, 1983
      9
      `Lets trust the Bard': Marina Carr and the canon, 1989
      2016
      Dirty deeds: Martin McDonagh, 1996
      2015
      5. Encountering Difference
      Introduction: Translations, 1980
      Sectarianism and difference: Charabanc and Marie Jones
      Sexuality and difference: Frank McGuinness
      Migration and difference: Enda Walsh's The Walworth Farce and Once
      Conclusions
      6. After the Fall: Irish Drama Since 2000
      crash
      McPherson: selling our souls
      spirit of the staircase: Mark O'Rowe's monologue plays
      Fishamble and Deirdre Kinahan: rethinking relevance
      New directions
      7. Critical Perspectives
      John B. Keane, Sive (1959) and the art of the amateur / Finian O'Gorman
      incomplete history of performance art in Ireland (and its blood relationship to theatre) / Aine Phillips
      Stage design since 1950 / Siobhan O'Gorman.
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