{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-twentieth-century-irish-drama-paperback-9780521008730","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (Paperback) 9780521008730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection covers the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas to contemporary Dublin theatre festivals.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShaun Richards (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521008730, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 January 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Extensive in its breadth and including studies of the major playwrights and their most important works, this book offers an excellent introduction to a major dramatic and theatrical tradition.' Reference Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe essays in this collection cover the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas which anticipated the rise of the Abbey Theatre to the contemporary Dublin of theatre festivals. A team of international experts from Ireland, the UK, the USA and Europe provide individual studies of internationally known playwrights of the period of the Literary Revival  - Yeats, Synge, Lady Gregory, Shaw, Wilde, O'Casey - and contemporary playwrights Brian Friel, Tom Murphy, Frank McGuiness and Sebastian Barry, in addition to emerging playwrights such as Martin McDonagh and Marina Carr. Further to studies of individual playwrights the collection also includes examination of the relationship between the theatre and its political context as this is inflected through its ideology, staging and programming. With a full chronology and bibliography, this collection is an indispensable introduction to one of the world's most vibrant theatre cultures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Plays of (ever) changing Ireland Shaun Richards\u003cbr\u003e 2. Late nineteenth-century Irish theatre: before the Abbey - and beyond Stephen Watt\u003cbr\u003e 3. The ideology of the Abbey theatre Adrian Frazier\u003cbr\u003e 4. The theatre of William Butler Yeats Joep Leerssen\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lady Gregory's Abbey theatre drama: Ireland real and ideal James Pethica\u003cbr\u003e 6. J. M. Synge, 'national' drama and the post-Protestant imagination Mary C. King\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the siting of doors and windows: aesthetics, ideology and Irish stage design Richard Allen Cave\u003cbr\u003e 8. Oscar Wilde and the politics of style Neil Sammells\u003cbr\u003e 9. George Bernard Shaw and Ireland Gearóid O'Flaherty\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sean O'Casey's Dublin trilogy: disillusionment to delusion Ronan McDonald\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ireland's 'exiled' woman playwrights: Teresa Deevy and Marina Carr Cathy Leeney\u003cbr\u003e 12. Samuel Beckett and the counter-tradition John P. Harrington\u003cbr\u003e 13. Brian Friel's sense of place Helen Lojek\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Field Day Theatre Company Marilynn Richtarik\u003cbr\u003e 15. Tom Murphy and the children of loss Nicholas Grene\u003cbr\u003e 16. Reconstructing history in the Irish history play Claire Gleitman\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Abbey theatre and the Irish state Lionel Pilkington\u003cbr\u003e 18. Staging contemporary Ireland: heartsickness and hopes deferred Vic Merriman\u003cbr\u003e 19. The revival revised Brian Singleton\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001828430104,"sku":"9780521008730","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521008730i_9d8498bc-8de8-4c63-bbe1-c9c1a15a7111.jpg?v=1691376586","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-twentieth-century-irish-drama-paperback-9780521008730","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}