The Politics of Irish Drama: Plays in Context from Boucicault to Friel

ISBN-13: 9780521665360 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 332 str.

Nicholas Grene; David Bradby

Opis

The Politics of Irish Drama analyzes some twenty-five of the best-known Irish plays from those of Dion Boucicault to Sebastian Barry, including works by Shaw, Yeats, Lady Gregory and Beckett. The book looks at political contexts for these plays and, in arguing for the outward-directed nature of dramatic representation of Ireland, shows Irish drama to be an international as much as national phenomenon.

Recenzje

'… lucid and provocative … What is rewarding about Grene's elegantly and cleanly written book is his clear-sighted and rigorous analysis … Grene provides one of the most engaging and challenging overviews of 20th century Irish drama.' Irish Theatre Magazine

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Stage interpreters; 2. Strangers in the house; 3. Shifts in perspective; 4. Class and space in O'Casey; 5. Reactions to revolution; 6. Living on; 7. Versions of pastoral; 8. Murphy's Ireland; 9. Imagining the other; Conclusion: a world elsewhere; Notes; Bibliography; Index.