Tag: Theatre History
Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art: Process and Practice. Edited by Bernadette Cronin, Rachel MagShamhráin and Nikolai Preuschoff.
This book interrogates the various manifestations of rival systems of justice in the plays and films of Martin McDonagh, in analysis informed by the critical writings of Michael J. Sandel, Steven Pinker, Julia Kristeva, and in particular Amartya Sen on violence, justice, equality and the law. …
Editors: Jordan, Eamonn, Weitz, Eric This Handbook offers a multiform sweep of theoretical, historical, practical and personal glimpses into a landscape roughly characterised as contemporary Irish theatre and performance. Bringing together a spectrum of voices and sensibilities in each of its four sections — Histories, Close-ups, Interfaces, and …
by: Eamonn Jordan | Series Editor(s): Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Patrick Lonergan The spellbinding premiere of The Weir at the Royal Court in 1997 was the first of many works to bring Conor McPherson to the attention of the theatre-going public. Acclaimed plays followed, including Shining City, The Seafarer, The …
From the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century Edited by Donald E. Morse | Flyer (pdf) | Sample (pdf) Irish Theatre in Transition celebrates the creative and richly vibrant Irish theatre which, since its inception, has always been in transition. Fifteen Irish theatre scholars, building on Christopher Murray’s foundational essay on …
