The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights

ISBN-13: 9781408113462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 480 str.

Martin Middeke

Opis

This is THE authoritative single-volume guide examining the work of the 25 best Irish playwrights from the 1960s to the present, including Tom Murphy, Sebastian Barry, Marina Carr, Brian Friel, Thomas Kilroy, Martin McDonagh, Frank McGuinness, Mark O'Rowe, Christina Reid, Enda Walsh with insight and essays from an international team of leading scholars.Each chapter is devoted entirely to a playwright, providing unrivaled coverage to convey the full breadth, vitality and development of their theatrical work. The guide features a biographical introduction, a discussion of the playwright's unique style, dramaturgical concerns and a concise analysis of each of their published play plus a listing of premieres, the play's critical reception, and a select list of critical works.

Recenzje

'...enlightening essays...commendably well-researched.' The Stage (July 2010)

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION 1 SEBASTIAN BARRY Jurgen Wehrmann2 DERMOT BOLGER Christina Wald3 MARINA CARR Aleks Sierz4 ANNE DEVLIN Enrica Cerquoni5 EMMA DONOGHUE Catherine Leeney6 BRIAN FRIEL Nicholas Grene7 MARIE JONES Catrin Siedenbiedal8 JOHN B. KEANE Jurgen Kamm9 THOMAS KILROY Anthony Roche10 HUGH LEONARD Emilie Pine11 MARTIN LYNCH Tom Maguire12 OWEN MCCAFFERTY Mark Phelan13 MARTIN MCDONAGH Martin Middeke14 FRANK MCGUINNESS Eamonn Jordan15 TOM MACINTYRE Daniel Shea16 CONOR MCPHERSON Clare Wallace17 GARY MITCHELL Paul Devlin18 TOM MURPHY Gerold Sedlmayr19 DONAL O'KELLY Patrick Lonergan20 MARK O'ROWE Michael Raab21 STEWART PARKER Eberhard Bort22 CHRISTINA REID Christian Große23 GRAHAM REID Jochen Achilles24 BILLY ROCHE Peter Paul Schnierer25 ENDA WALSH Lisa FitzpatrickINDEX

O autorze

Middeke Martin (born 24 April 1963 in Paderborn) is a German literary scholar and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Dr Peter Paul Schnierer is the Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.