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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.

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"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



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

Experimental Irish Theatre

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      Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
      Published 1 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9781349336609
      978-1349336609
      ISBN-10 1349336602
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      Entertainment History of Performing Arts Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review

      "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



      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

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