Anthony Roche

Contemporary Irish Drama: Second Edition

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A revised and updated version of this pioneering study covers the extraordinary revival of Irish drama in the second half of the twentieth century. By comparing the theatre of Samuel Beckett to more culturally specific Irish plays, the book establishes a greater international and theatrically experimental context for the field than has been recognised. Its three central chapters offer close and contextualised readings of the careers of Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and Thomas Kilroy across a span of more than four decades. The drama of Northern Ireland and its theatrical response to political violence receives sustained attention through a wide ran… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-230-21978-6
EAN: 9780230219786
Produktnummer: 4462450
Verlag: Springer Nature
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 292 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.3 cm 476 g
Auflage: 2. A.
Gewicht: 476

Über den Autor

ANTHONY ROCHE is Associate Professor in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin, Ireland. He has published widely in the field of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Irish drama and theatre. His recent publications include The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel (2006).