Shakespeare and Twentieth-Century Irish Drama: Conceptualizing Identity and Staging Boundaries

by Rebecca Steinberger

Exploring the influence of Shakespeare on drama in Ireland, the author examines works by two representative playwrights: Sean O'Casey (1880-1964) and Brian Friel (1929-). Shakespeare's plays, grounded in history, nationalism, and imperialism, are resurrected, rewritten, and reinscribed in twentieth-century Irish drama, while Irish plays, in turn, historicize the Subject/Object relationship of England and Ireland. In particular, the author argues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113862053X
• ISBN13: 9781138620537
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 130 Pages