| Series |
Routledge Key Guides
Routledge key guides. ^A503905
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| Contents |
The Shaughraun (1874) by Dion Boucicault / Scott Boltwood -- The importance of being Earnest (1893) by Oscar Wilde / Ben Levitas -- The last feast of the Fianna (1900) by Alice Milligan / Catherine Morris -- Kathleen Ni Houlihan (1902) by Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats / Eglantina Remport -- John Bull's other island (1904) by Bernard Shaw / David Clare -- The gaol gate (1906) by Lady Gregory / Eglantina Remport -- The playboy of the Western world (1907) by J.M. Synge / H̐uel̐uene Lecossois -- Harvest (1910) by Lennox Robinson / Shaun Richards -- At the hawk's well (1916) by W.B. Yeats / Michael McAteer -- The plough and the stars (1926) by Sean O'Casey / James Moran -- The old lady says "no!", (1929) by Denis Johnston / Ruud van den Beuken -- Youth's the season -- ? (1931) by Mary Manning / Ruud van den Beuken -- Katie Roche (1936) by Teresa Deevy / Chris Morash -- Purgatory (1938) by W.B. Yeats / Chris Morash -- An apple a day (1942) by Elizabeth Connor / Ian R. Walsh -- Tolka Row (1951) by Maura Laverty / Deirdre McFeely -- Home is the hero (1952) by Walter Macken / Ian R. Walsh -- The wood of the whispering (1953) by M.J. Molloy / Lisa Coen -- Waiting for Godot (1953) by Samuel Beckett / James Little -- The hostage (1958) by Brendan Behan / Michael Pierse -- Over the bridge (1960) by Sam Thompson / Michael Parker -- Stephen D (1962) by Hugh Leonard / Christopher Murray -- The field (1965) by John B. Keane / Lisa Coen -- Famine (1968) by Tom Murphy / Hiroko Mikami -- Translations (1980) by Brian Friel / Kelly Matthews -- The great hunger (1983) by Tom Mac Intyre / Marie Kelly -- Tea in a china cup (1983) by Christina Reid / Lisa Fitzpatrick -- Northern star (1984) by Stewart Parker / Marylinn Richtarik -- Bailegangaire (1985) by Tom Murphy / Csilla Bertha -- Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme (1985) by Frank McGuiness / David Cregan -- Ourselves alone (1985) by Anne Devlin / Lisa Fitzpatrick -- Double cross (1986) by Tom Kilroy / Jos̐ue Lanters -- A handful of stars (1988) by Billy Roche / Victor Merriman -- The lament of Arthur Cleary (1989) by Dermot Bolger / Victor Merriman -- Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) by Brian Friel / Joan Fitzpatrick Dean -- Digging for fire (1991) by Declan Hughes / Patrick Lonergan -- Eclipsed (1992) by Patricia Burke Brogan / Charlotte Headrick -- The steward of Christendom (1995) by Sebastian Barry / Christina Hunt Mahony -- The beauty queen of Leenane (1996) by Martin McDonagh / Eamonn Jordan -- The Weir (1997) by Conor McPherson / Clare Wallace -- By the bog of cats (1998) by Marina Carr / Melissa Sihra -- The Walworth farce (2006) by Enda Walsh / Paige Reynolds -- Terminus (2007) by Mark O'Rowe / Ond̐urej Piln̐uy -- The playboy of the Western world (2007) by Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle / Patrick Lonergan -- I [heart] Alice [heart] I (2010) by Amy Conroy / J. Paul Halferty -- No escape (2010) by Mary Raftery / Luke Lamont -- Laundry (2011) by ANU Productions / Miriam Haughton -- Quietly (2012) by Owen McAfferty / Shaun Richards -- Broken promise land (2013) by Mirjana Rendulic / Charlotte McIvor -- Spinning (2014) by Deirdre Kinahan / M̐uaria Kurdi. |
| Abstract |
"Fifty Key Irish Plays charts the progression of modern Irish drama from Dion Boucicault's entry on to the global stage of the Irish diaspora to the contemporary dramas created by the experiences of the New Irish. Each chapter provides a brief plot outline along with informed analysis and, alert to the cultural and critical context of each play, an account of the key roles that they played in the developing story of Irish drama. While the core of the collection is based on the critical canon, including work by J. M. Synge, Lady Gregory, Teresa Deevy and Brian Friel, plays such as Tom Mac Intyre's The Great Hunger and ANU Productions' Laundry, which illuminate routes away from the mainstream, are also included. With a focus on the development of form as well as theme, the collection guides the reader to an informed overview of Irish theatre via succinct and insightful essays by an international team of academics. This invaluable collection will be of particular interest to undergraduate students of theatre and performance studies and to lay readers looking to expand their appreciation of Irish drama"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Fifty key Irish plays Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781003203216 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022005922 |
| ISBN | 9781032066493 |
| ISBN | 9781032066509 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1032066504 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1032066490 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
