Ireland's national theaters : political performance and the origins of the Irish dramatic movement

Ireland's national theaters : political performance and the origins of the Irish dramatic movement / Mary Trotter.

In the annals of Irish studies and theater history much has been written about the Abbey Theatre. This book sheds new light on that company's history, but also examines other groups with a range of political, religious, gender, and class perspectives that consciously used performance to promote...

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Main Author: Trotter, Mary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Theater > Political aspects > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Theater > Political aspects > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Irish drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Irish drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: National formations, theatrical formations
  • 1. "Ancient idealism" on a modern stage: the Irish Literary Theatre
  • 2. Popular drama's response to stage Irish stereotypes: the Queen's Royal Theatre
  • 3. Women's work and the Irish nationalist actress: Inghinidhe na hEireann
  • 4. Nationalist performance becomes profession: the Abbey Theatre
  • 5. Boys of St. Enda's: the rhetoric of redemption in Padraic Pearse's social and aesthetic theaters
  • Appendix. A timeline of political and theatrical events in Ireland.

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