The politics of Irish drama : plays in context from Boucicault to Friel /
Grene, Nicholas.
The politics of Irish drama : plays in context from Boucicault to Friel / Nicholas Grene. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages) - Cambridge studies in modern theatre . - Cambridge studies in modern theatre. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-300) and index.
Stage interpreters -- Strangers in the house -- Shifts in perspective -- Class and space in O'Casey -- Reactions to revolution -- Living on -- Versions of pastoral -- Murphy's Ireland -- Imagining the other -- Conclusion: a world elsewhere.
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.
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Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 --Political and social views.
Friel, Brian--Political and social views.
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
Friel, Brian.
1800-1999
English drama--Irish authors--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--History--Ireland--19th century.
Politics and literature--History--Ireland--20th century.
Political plays, English--History and criticism.
Theater--Political aspects--Ireland.
Théâtre anglais--Auteurs irlandais--Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--Irlande--19e siècle.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--Irlande--20e siècle.
Théâtre politique anglais--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre--Aspect politique--Irlande.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama--Irish authors.
Political and social views.
Political plays, English.
Politics and literature.
Theater--Political aspects.
Politik
Drama
Toneelstukken.
Politieke aspecten.
Literatura irlandesa (história e crítica)
Politique et littérature--Irlande--19e siècle.
Politique et littérature--Irlande--20e siècle.
Théâtre--Aspect politique--Irlande.
Théâtre irlandais de langue anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Ireland.
Irland
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR8795.P64 / G74 1999eb
822.009/358
PR8795.P64 / (INTERNET)
The politics of Irish drama : plays in context from Boucicault to Friel / Nicholas Grene. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages) - Cambridge studies in modern theatre . - Cambridge studies in modern theatre. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-300) and index.
Stage interpreters -- Strangers in the house -- Shifts in perspective -- Class and space in O'Casey -- Reactions to revolution -- Living on -- Versions of pastoral -- Murphy's Ireland -- Imagining the other -- Conclusion: a world elsewhere.
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.
051100947X (electronic bk.) 9780511009471 (electronic bk.) 051103329X (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 9780511033292 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 0511150474 9780511150470 0511117906 (electronic bk.) 9780511117909 (electronic bk.) 9780521665360 (pbk.) 0521665361 (pbk.) 9780521660518 (hbk.) 0521660513 (hbk.) 9780511486029 (electronic bk.) 0511486022 (electronic bk.)
GBA053283 bnb
000014453938 AU
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 --Political and social views.
Friel, Brian--Political and social views.
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890
Friel, Brian.
1800-1999
English drama--Irish authors--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--History--Ireland--19th century.
Politics and literature--History--Ireland--20th century.
Political plays, English--History and criticism.
Theater--Political aspects--Ireland.
Théâtre anglais--Auteurs irlandais--Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--Irlande--19e siècle.
Politique et littérature--Histoire--Irlande--20e siècle.
Théâtre politique anglais--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre--Aspect politique--Irlande.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English drama--Irish authors.
Political and social views.
Political plays, English.
Politics and literature.
Theater--Political aspects.
Politik
Drama
Toneelstukken.
Politieke aspecten.
Literatura irlandesa (história e crítica)
Politique et littérature--Irlande--19e siècle.
Politique et littérature--Irlande--20e siècle.
Théâtre--Aspect politique--Irlande.
Théâtre irlandais de langue anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Ireland.
Irland
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR8795.P64 / G74 1999eb
822.009/358
PR8795.P64 / (INTERNET)