CONTENTS: Chris Morash: Making Space: Towards a Spatial Theory of Irish Theatre - Martine Pelletier: Field Day: Local Roots and Global ReachJosé Lanters: «We»ll Be the Judges of That': The Critical Reception of Druid Synge in the USA - Richard Cave: Abbey Tours to London after 1990 - James Moran: Ireland Onstage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre - Werner Huber: 'What's the news from Kilcrobally?': Notes on the Reception of Contemporary Irish Theatre in German-Speaking Countries - Rhona Trench: Blue Raincoat Theatre Company and Its Influences - Christopher Murray: Beyond the Passion Machine: The Adigun-Doyle Playboy and Multiculturalism - Ursula Rani Sarma: Audience Expectation and the Expected Audience - Writing for the International Stage - Jesse Weaver: 'The Words Look After Themselves': The Practice of Enda Walsh - Elizabeth Kuti: 'Strangeness Made Sense': Reflections on Being a Non-Irish Irish Playwright.
Nicholas Grene is Emeritus Professor of English Literature in the School of English, Trinity College, Dublin, a Fellow of the College and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He has published widely on Shakespeare and on modern Irish drama. He was the founding Director of the Synge Summer School (1991-2000) and was the founding chair of the Irish Theatrical Diaspora research network.