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The Irish Dramatic Revival 1899-1939

The Irish Dramatic Revival 1899-1939

Roche, Anthony

Hardcover

Series: Critical Companions

Literary CriticismPlaysPlaywriting

ISBN10: 1408175274
ISBN13: 9781408175279
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 23 2015
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Irish Dramatic Revival was to radically redefine Irish theatre and see the birth of Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey, in 1904. From a consideration of such influential precursors as Boucicault and Wilde, Anthony Roche goes on to examine the role of Yeats as both founder and playwright, the one who set the agenda until his death in 1939. Each of the major playwrights of the movement refashioned that agenda to suit their own very different dramaturgies.

Roche explores Synge's experimentation in the creation of a new national drama and considers Lady Gregory not only as a co-founder and director of the Abbey Theatre but also as a significant playwright. A chapter on

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