The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama

Book Overview

The essays in this collection cover the entire range of Irish drama, from the late nineteenth-century melodramas (anticipating the rise of the Abbey Theatre) to the contemporary Dublin of theater festivals. In addition to studies of individual playwrights, the collection includes an examination of the relationship between the theater and its political context as reflected through its ideology, staging and programming. Including a complete chronology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521008735
• ISBN13: 9780521008730
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"