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Author:   Mary Trotter
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780745633435

ISBN 10:   0745633439
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   26 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii Timeline of Signifi cant Events in Irish Arts and Politics ix Introduction 1 Part I: Performing the Nation, 1891-1916 5 Introduction to Part I 7 1 Imagining an Aesthetic: Modern Irish Theatre’s First Years 13 2 Realisms and Regionalisms 35 Part II: War and After, 1916-1948 61 Introduction to Part II 63 3 The Abbey Becomes Institution: 1916-1929 67 4 New Voices of the 1930s and 1940s 91 Part III: Rewriting Tradition, 1948-1980 113 Introduction to Part III 115 5 Irish Theatre in the 1950s 119 6 Irish Theatre's Second Wave 136 Part IV: Re-imagining Ireland, 1980-2007 151 Introduction to Part IV 153 7 Theatres Without Borders: Irish Theatre in the 1980s 157 8 A New Sense of Place: Irish Theatre since the 1990s 176 Conclusion: What is an Irish Play? 195 Notes 199 Bibliography 210 Index 224

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Mary Trotter's Modern Irish Theatre will find a permanent residence on the reading lists for every course I teach on modern and contemporary drama. Her expertise is vast and deep, and this book makes a fine, unique contribution to our knowledge of the 'infinite variety' of Irish drama. Stephen Watt, Indiana University Through a set of superbly constructed phases Mary Trotter situates twentieth-century Irish theatre in its evolving socio-political contexts. She covers theatrical activities from Belfast to Cork and from Dublin to Galway, analysing along the way a vast array of texts and performances from the high modernism of the early Abbey through to the community theatre of Charabanc. In a highly accessible style she articulates superbly how Irish theatre has performed the nation, how its use of realism can be read as counter-hegemonic, and how representations of gender and race have disrupted the myth of the rural in the theatrical imaginary. Brian Singleton, Trinity College, Dublin

Mary Trotter's Modern Irish Theatre will find a permanent residence on the reading lists for every course I teach on modern and contemporary drama. Her expertise is vast and deep, and this book makes a fine, unique contribution to our knowledge of the 'infinite variety' of Irish drama. Stephen Watt, Indiana University Through a set of superbly constructed phases Mary Trotter situates twentieth-century Irish theatre in its evolving socio-political contexts. She covers theatrical activities from Belfast to Cork and from Dublin to Galway, analysing along the way a vast array of texts and performances from the high modernism of the early Abbey through to the community theatre of Charabanc. In a highly accessible style she articulates superbly how Irish theatre has performed the nation, how its use of realism can be read as counter-hegemonic, and how representations of gender and race have disrupted the myth of the rural in the theatrical imaginary. Brian Singleton, Trinity College, Dublin

Author Information

Mary Trotter is Associate Professor of Theatre and Drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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