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Political Acts: Women in Northern Irish Theatre, 1921-2012

Political Acts: Women in Northern Irish Theatre, 1921-2012

Coffey, Fiona Coleman

Hardcover

Series: Irish Studies

Theater HistoryIrish HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0815634900
ISBN13: 9780815634904
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Dec 9 2016
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Since the establishment of the Northern Irish state in 1921, theatre has often captured and reflected the political, social, and cultural changes that the North has experienced. From the mid-twentieth century, theatre has played a particularly important role in documenting women's experiences and in showing how women's social and political status has changed with the transformation of the state. Throughout the North's history, women's dramatic writing and performance have often contradicted mainstream narratives of the sectarian conflict, creating a rich and daring trove of counternarratives that contest the stories promoted by the government and media.

Moving beyond the better-known women theatre practitioners of the North such as Marie Jones, Christina Reid, Anne Devlin, and the Charabanc Theatre Company, Coffey recovers the lost history of lesser-known, early playwrights and highlights a new generation of women writing during peacetime. She examines how Northern women have historically used the theatrical stage as a

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