Bibliograph

Irish theatre in transition, from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century, edited by Donald E. Morse, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Type

Label

Irish theatre in transition, from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century, edited by Donald E. Morse, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Irish theatre in transition

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

887848088

Responsibility statement

edited by Donald E. Morse, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Sub title

from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century

Summary

"Irish Theatre in Transition celebrates the creative and richly vibrant Irish theatre which since its inception has always been in transition. Fifteen Irish theatre scholars, building on Christopher Murray's foundational essay on the first hundred years, explore Irish theatre's significance under the headings of 'Engaging with a Changing Reality' (of the Celtic Tiger, the sexual revolution, dementia), 'Enhanced Theatricality', and 'Inventiveness and Expanding the Stage' as well as discussing Irish plays in London, varied performances across Ireland in a year, Shakespeare, and Sam Shepard as Irish playwright. The book is designed to show some of the myriad forms of transition: how this theatre reflects the changing conditions of a changing society and nation; how it innovates by returning to its roots or to abandoned but still viable theatrical conventions; how it continually reinvents itself and experiments with new media, and how it moves beyond the local and dares to imagine new audiences"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Donald E. Morse -- Foundations and refoundations in historical perspectrive. The Irish theatre: the first hundred years 1897-1997 / Christopher Murray -- Engaging with a changing reality. Black hole experiences: moochers, smoochers, dig outs and the parables and spasms of time in Conor McPherson's The night alive / Eamonn Jordan -- Queer creatures, queer places: otherness and normativity Irish drama from Synge to Friel / José Lanters -- Troubled relations of gender and generation in Celtic tiger drama: Stella Feehily's Duck and O go my man / Mária Kurdi -- "The politics of aging": Frank McGuinness's The hanging gardens / Donald E Morse -- Enhanced theatricality. The play within the play in select contemporary Irish plays / Csilla Bertha -- When the mirror laughs: face to face with three Irish stage worlds / Eric Weitz -- Then like Gigli, now like Bette: the grotesque and the sublime in Mark O'Rowe's Terminus / Ondřej Pilný -- Reframing transition. Shakespearean productions at the Abbey Theatre: 1970-1985 / Patrick Lonergan -- Snapshots: a year in the life of a theatre judge / Nicholas Grene -- The Irish play on the London stage: an overview from independence to the present / Peter James Harris -- Inventiveness and expanding the stage. The diverse dramatic contributions of Frank McGuinness / Helen Heuser Lojek -- Pat Kinevane's Forgotten and silent: universalizing the abject / Joan Fitzpatrick Dean -- Writing for "the real national theatre": Stewart Parker's plays for television / Clare Wallace -- Playing with Beckett on film / Dawn Duncan -- On the "re-foundation" of the Irish theatre: Sam Shepard, Irish playwright / Stephen Watt

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