The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521804000 ISBN 13: 9780521804004

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The essays in this collection cover the entire range of Irish drama, from the late nineteenth-century melodramas (anticipating the rise of the Abbey Theatre) to the contemporary Dublin of theater festivals. In addition to studies of individual playwrights, the collection includes an examination of the relationship between the theater and its political context as reflected through its ideology, staging and programming. Including a complete chronology and bibliography, this collection will be an important introduction to one of the world's most vibrant theater cultures.

About this title

Book Description:

The 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. 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.

About the Author:

Shaun Richards is Professor of Irish Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Staffordshire University. He is the author with Davis Cairns of Writing Ireland: Colonialism, Nationalism and Culture (1988) and has written numerous journal and book articles on Irish studies and Irish drama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521804000
• ISBN 13: 9780521804004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Richards Shaun