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The Theatre of Marina Carr: Before Rules Was Made
Editted by Cathy Leeney and Anna McMullan
As the first published collection of articles on the theatre of Marina Carr, this volume explores the world of Carr's theatrical imagination, the place of her plays in contemporary theatre in Ireland and abroad and the significance of her highly individual voice.
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Seen and Heard: Six New Plays by Irish Women
Editted by Cathy Leeney
Includes:
- Women in Arms by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy
- Couch by Siofra Campbell
- I Know My Own Heart by Emma Donoghue
- La Corbière by Anne Le Marquand Hartigan
- The Lost Letters Of A Victorian Lady by Michelle Read
- In the Talking Dark by Dolores Walshe
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Irish Women Playwrights 1900-1939: Gender & Violence on Stage
by Cathy Leeney
This is the first book to examine the plays of five fascinating and creative women, placing their work for theatre in co-relation to suggest a parallel tradition that reframes the development of Irish theatre into the present day.
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Dissident Dramaturgies: Contemporary Irish Theatre
by Eamonn Jordan
From Boston to Berlin, and from Belfast to Beijing, the performances of Irish plays have been greeted with critical and box-office acclaim. This book examines the dominant approaches and the recurrent and variable dramaturgical patterns in the writings of the contemporary generation of writers from 1980 to the present.
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Theatre Stuff: Critical Essays on Contemporary Irish Theatre
Editted by Eamonn Jordan
In this comprehensive collection of essays, playwrights, directors, journalists, theatre practitioners, critics and academics, from many different countries and backgrounds, give their perceptive points of view. This extremely valuable collection of accessible essays will promote discussion and is a timely and welcome addition to the critical debate on Irish drama.
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Theatre Talk: Voices of Irish Theatre Practitioners
Editted by Lilian Chambers, Ger Fitzgibbon, and Eamonn Jordan
"An invaluable and informative collection of interviews with those who make and shape the landscape of Irish theatre" - Ben Barnes, Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre.
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The Theatre of Martin McDonagh: A World of Savage Stories
Editted by Lilian Chambers, and Eamonn Jordan
This collection of essays is a vital and significant response to the many challenges set by McDonagh for those involved in the production and reception of his work. The volume brings together critics and commentators from around the world, who assess the work from a diverse range of often provocative approaches.
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The Feast of Famine: The Plays of Frank McGuinness
By Eamonn Jordan
Here for the first time is a major critical evaluation of the award-winning Northern Irish playwright Frank McGuinness, best known for the
landmark plays Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and Someone Who'll Watch Over Me.
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Brian Friel: Theatre and Politics
By Anthony Roche
Brian Friel is widely recognized as one of the greatest contemporary dramatists writing in the English language. This is the first book-length study to draw on the Brian Friel Papers in the National Library of Ireland: the numerous drafts and revisions of the plays, the author's notes, correspondence, etc. These help to provide a deeper awareness of the radical, experimental nature of Friel's dramaturgy and a more nuanced understanding of the plays' politics in relation to both Northern Ireland and the Republic.
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Contemporary Irish Drama
By Anthony Roche
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.
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The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel
Edited by Anthony Roche
Brian Friel is widely recognized as Ireland's greatest living playwright, winning an international reputation through such acclaimed works as Translations (1980) and Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). This collection of specially commissioned essays includes contributions from leading commentators on Friel's work (including two fellow playwrights) and explores the entire range of his career from his 1964 breakthrough with Philadelphia, Here I Come! to his most recent success in Dublin and London with The Home Place (2005). The essays approach Friel's plays both as literary texts and as performed drama, and provide the perfect introduction for students of both English and Theatre Studies, as well as theatregoers.
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Experimental Irish Theatre: After W.B. Yeats
By Ian R Walsh
This book examines experimental Irish theatre that ran counter to the naturalistic 'peasant' drama that became synonymous with Irish playwriting. Focusing on four marginalised playwrights who premiered works after the death of W.B. Yeats, it charts an alternative tradition linking the experimentations of the early Irish theatre movement with the innovations of contemporary Irish and international drama. Drawing on archival material never before published this study rediscovers the vibrant and dissenting smaller theatre companies and playwrights of a forgotten era in Irish theatre.
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