Experimental Irish Theatre: After W.B. Yeats

by I. Walsh

Overview

This book examines experimental Irish theatre that ran counter to the naturalistic 'peasant' drama synonymous with Irish playwriting. Focusing on four marginalised playwrights after Yeats, it charts a tradition linking the experimentation of the early Irish theatre movement with the innovation of contemporary Irish and international drama.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349336609
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Edition description:	1st ed. 2012
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

IAN R. WALSH Graduate of University College Dublin, Ireland, where he completed his doctoral research and where he is now a Lecturer in the School of English, Drama and Film. He has also worked as a theatre reviewer and as a freelance director of Theatre and Opera.

Table of Contents

Introduction Acknowledgements An Irish Theatre Laboratory: Experimental Contexts Experiments in Representation: Jack B. Yeats Experiments in Gender: Elizabeth Connor Experiments in Verse: Donagh MacDonagh Experiments in Theatre: Maurice Meldon Continuing Experimentation Notes Select Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"This is an important study of Irish theatre for its sophisticated dramaturgic analysis and for its demythologising of received views of Irish theatre. In this [Walsh] very much is true to the radical spirit of the playwrights he champions." - Anthony Roche, Irish Studies Review

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