In this book Nicholas Grene explores political contexts for some of the outstanding Irish plays from the nineteenth century to the contemporary period. The politics of Irish drama have previously been considered primarily the politics of national self-expression. Here it is argued that Irish plays, in their self-conscious representation of the otherness of Ireland, are outwardly directed towards audiences both at home and abroad. The political dynamics of such relations between plays and audiences is the book's multiple subject: the stage interpretation of Ireland from The Shaughraun to Translations; the contentious stage images of Yeats, Gregory and Synge; reactions to revolution from O'Casey to Behan; the post-colonial worlds of Purgatory and All that Fall; the imagined Irelands of Friel and Murphy, McGuinness and Barry. With its fundamental reconception of the politics of Irish drama, this book represents an alternative view of the phenomenon of Irish drama itself.
| ISBN: | 9780521660518 |
| Publication date: | 27th January 2000 |
| Author: | Nicholas Trinity College, Dublin Grene |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 332 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
In this book Nicholas Grene explores political contexts for some of the outstanding Irish plays from the nineteenth century to the contemporary period. The politics of Irish drama have previously been considered primarily the politics of national self-expression. Here it is argued that Irish plays, in their self-conscious representation of the otherness of Ireland, are outwardly directed towards audiences both at home and abroad. The political dynamics of such relations between plays and audiences is the book's multiple subject: the stage interpretation of Ireland from The Shaughraun to Translations; the contentious stage images of Yeats, Gregory and Synge; reactions to revolution from O'Casey to Behan; the post-colonial worlds of Purgatory and All that Fall; the imagined Irelands of Friel and Murphy, McGuinness and Barry. With its fundamental reconception of the politics of Irish drama, this book represents an alternative view of the phenomenon of Irish drama itself.
The Politics of Irish Drama features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
The Politics of Irish Drama is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Politics of Irish Drama was written by Nicholas Trinity College, Dublin Grene and published by Cambridge University Press
The Politics of Irish Drama has 332 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre series
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