The Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre, 1904-1978 [i.e. 1979]

1979 History

Author : Hugh Hunt
Release : 1979
Genre : History
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Download or read book The Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre, 1904-1978 [i.e. 1979] written by Hugh Hunt. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of the Abbey Theatre from amateur organization to professional theatre of international renown, examining its history within the context of Ireland's social and political environment and in relation to its playwrights, directors, andactors

The Abbey Ireland's National Theatre: 1904-1979

1979

Author : Hugh Hunt
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Ireland's National Theaters

2001-04-01 Performing Arts

Author : Mary Trotter
Release : 2001-04-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book Ireland's National Theaters written by Mary Trotter. This book was released on 2001-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the annals of Irish studies and theater history much has been written about the Abbey Theatre. Now, Mary Trotter not only sheds new Light on that company's history but also examines other groups with a range of political, religious, gender, and class perspectives that consciously used performance to promote ideas about nationalism and culture in Ireland at the turn of the last century. This innovative, interdisciplinary work details how different nationalist organizations with diverse political and artistic goals employed theater as an anticolonial tool. In Dublin's turbulent cultural and political arena during the first decades of the twentieth century, nationalist audiences read popular Irish melodramas in subversive ways; the Daughters of Erin staged tableaux of great women heroes; and the Abbey players earned both acclaim and apprehension within the nationalist community. Here is a compelling analysis of these and other groups' prominent role in Irish nationalism in the years before Easter 1916, and the way these political theaters gave birth to modern Irish drama.

Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change

2023-04-14 Performing Arts

Author : Emer O'Toole
Release : 2023-04-14
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change written by Emer O'Toole. This book was released on 2023-04-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to the repeal of the 8th amendment in 2018 as backdrop to examine relationships between activism and contemporary Irish theatre and performance. It studies art explicitly intended to create social and political change for marginalised constituencies. It asks what happens to theatre aesthetics when artists’ aims are political and argues that activist commitments can create new modes of beauty, meaning, and affect. Categories of race, class, sexuality, and gender frame chapters, provide social context, and identify activist artists’ social targets. This book provides in depth analysis of: Arambe – Ireland’s first African theatre company; THEATREclub – an experimental collective with issues of class at its heart; The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival; and feminist artists working to Repeal the 8th amendment. It highlights the aesthetic strategies that emerge when artists set their sights on justice. Aesthetic debates, both historical and contemporary, are laid out from first principles, inviting readers to situate themselves – whether as artists, activists, or scholars – in the delicious tension between art and life. This book will be a vital guide to students and scholars interested in theatre and performance studies, gender studies, Irish history, and activism.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

2006-03-03 Literary Criticism

Author : David Scott Kastan
Release : 2006-03-03
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature written by David Scott Kastan. This book was released on 2006-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From folk ballads to film scripts, this new five-volume encyclopedia covers the entire history of British literature from the seventh century to the present, focusing on the writers and the major texts of what are now the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. In five hundred substantial essays written by major scholars, the Encyclopedia of British Literature includes biographies of nearly four hundred individual authors and a hundred topical essays with detailed analyses of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions whose impact upon the writing or the reading of literature was significant.An ideal companion to The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, this set will prove invaluable for students, scholars, and general readers.For more information, including a complete table of contents and list of contributors, please visit www.oup.com/us/ebl

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