{"product_id":"modern-irish-theatre-9780745633435","title":"Modern Irish Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough analysis of both major Irish dramas and the artists and companies that performed them, Modern Irish Theatre provides an engaging and accessible introduction to 20th century Irish theatre: its origins, dominant themes, relationship to politics and culture, and influence on theatre movements around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mary Trotter’s \u003ci\u003eModern Irish Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Watt, \u003ci\u003eIndiana University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrian Singleton, \u003ci\u003eTrinity College, Dublin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline of Signifi cant Events in Irish Arts and Politics ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Performing the Nation, 1891-1916 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Imagining an Aesthetic: Modern Irish Theatre’s First Years 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Realisms and Regionalisms 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: War and After, 1916-1948 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Abbey Becomes Institution: 1916-1929 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 New Voices of the 1930s and 1940s 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Rewriting Tradition, 1948-1980 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Irish Theatre in the 1950s 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Irish Theatre's Second Wave 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Re-imagining Ireland, 1980-2007 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IV 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Theatres Without Borders: Irish Theatre in the 1980s 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A New Sense of Place: Irish Theatre since the 1990s 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: What is an Irish Play? 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 224\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767975346519,"sku":"9780745633435","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745633435.jpg?v=1758715752","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-irish-theatre-9780745633435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}