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Theatre & Ireland

Fiona Shaw

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What is the significance of theatre and performance within Irish culture and history? How do we understand the impact and political potential of Irish theatre?

This innovative survey of theatre in Ireland covers a range of drama and performance, from the 17th century to the present. Expanding the field of Irish theatre to include mumming, wake games, prison protests and theatre riots, the book argues that Ireland's longstanding association with performance illuminates key aspects of its cultural history and politics.

Foreword by Fiona Shaw.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Methuen Drama
  • Publish Date: Sep 14th, 2010
  • Pages: 96
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2010 - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.80in - 4.30in - 0.30in - 0.20lb
  • EAN: 9780230574625
  • Categories: • Theater - History & Criticism• European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

About the Author

Laera, Margherita: - Margherita Laera is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent, where she serves as Deputy Head of the School of Arts and Architecture. She is the author of Playwriting in Europe: Mapping Ecosystems and Practices with Fabulamundi (Routledge Focus, 2022); Theatre & Translation (Methuen Drama, 2019) and Reaching Athens: Community, Democracy and Other Mythologies in Adaptations of Greek Tragedy (Peter Lang, 2013), and editor of Theatre and Adaptation: Return, Rewrite, Repeat (Methuen Drama, 2014). Margherita also works as a theatre translator from and into Italian and English. She is co-editor of the 'Theatre &' book series for Methuen Drama, and founder of Performing International Plays, an organization promoting theatre (in) translation in secondary schools.
Pilkington, Lionel: - LIONEL PILKINGTON is Senior Lecturer in English at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Alvarez, Natalie: - Natalie Alvarez is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies and Associate Dean of Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activities in The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is the author, editor, and co-editor of four award-winning books including Sustainable Tools for Precarious Times: Performance Actions in the Americas (2019) and Immersions in Cultural Difference: Tourism, War, Performance (2018).

Praise for this book

“This is a valuable, concise book written by a fine scholar whose work is widely known and admired. It will prove an excellent addition to reading lists for courses in modern drama and Irish Studies.” —Stephen Myers Watt, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Drama, Indiana University

"This is a valuable, concise book written by a fine scholar whose work is widely known and admired. It will prove an excellent addition to reading lists for courses in modern drama and Irish Studies." --Stephen Myers Watt, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Drama, Indiana University

This is a valuable, concise book written by a fine scholar whose work is widely known and admired. It will prove an excellent addition to reading lists for courses in modern drama and Irish Studies. Stephen Myers Watt, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Drama, Indiana University
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This is a valuable, concise book written by a fine scholar whose work is widely known and admired. It will prove an excellent addition to reading lists for courses in modern drama and Irish Studies. Stephen Myers Watt, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Drama, Indiana University


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