T.C. Murray, Dramatist: Voice of the Rural Ireland

by Albert J. Degiacomo

Drawing on the archives of libraries in Dublin, New York City, and Boston, Albert J. DeGiacomo assesses T. C. Murray's contribution to the Irish dramatic movement. One of "the Cork realists" of the Abbey Theatre, Murray wrote seventeen plays in one, two, or three acts. A prominent National Teacher and a seemingly apolitical playwright in the Irish Literary Revival, Murray expressed nationalistic aspirations in his peasant tragedies. His characters'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815629451
• ISBN13: 9780815629450
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"