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by Robert Welch. 284 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Robert Welch

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  Oxford  

Publication Year:

  1999
Subjects:   Abbey Theatre--History, Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th Century
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1.
The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999: Form and Pressure
Book by Robert Welch; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Abbey Theatre--History, Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th Century
...image. And now a third phase drives to the core, into the form theatre gives to the pressures that build up in the individual psyche...the different inheritances and inbuilt divisions of Irish history and society. In theatre, as in all the arts, artistic form...saying were here; we exist. In the twentieth century the Abbey was one of the crucial spaces in which the Irish said to...
2.
The Story of the Abbey Theatre: From Its Origins in 1899 to the Present
Book by Peter Kavanagh; Devin-Adair, 1950
Subjects: Abbey Theatre
...YORK 1950 By the same author THE IRISH THEATRE Being a History of the Drama in Ireland From the Earliest Period up to the...Introduction 1 The Irish Literary Theatre 9 Ideals 23...Theatre Society 29 The Abbey Theatre 45 Fighting the...
3.
Joseph Holloway's Abbey Theatre: A Selection from His Unpublished Journal, Impressions of a Dublin Playgoer
Book by Robert Hogan, Michael J. O'Neill, Joseph Holloway; Southern Illinois University Press, 1967
Subjects: Abbey Theatre, Fiction, Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History
...we see Bernard Shaw denouncing Ireland in a witty speech, we also see...Moore called the wittiest man in Dublin, appearing as a rather ponderous...scene of the night, early in the history of the Irish National Theatre...that do not please them. Irish- Ireland audiences have little discrimination...his way into the flavour of the Dublin public as an expert clog dancer...bright and glorious page in the history of drama in Dublin. A temporary...momentous event of the year in Dublin to my mind. History may come of it! Who can tell! 1905...
4.
The Fays of the Abbey Theatre: An Autobiographical Record
Book by W. G. Fay, Catherine Carswell; Harcourt Brace and Company, 1935
Subjects: Abbey Theatre
...through the medium of a very interesting personality who helped to make that history. It is not necessary at this date to appraise the position of the Abbey Theatre in the history of the Stage. It initiated a new kind of playhouse, a new kind...
5.
Charitable Words: Women, Philanthropy, and the Language of Charity in Nineteenth-Century Dublin
Book by Margaret H. Preston; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Charities--Ireland--Dublin--History--19th Century, Dublin (Ireland)--Social Conditions--19th Century, Women In Charitable Work--Ireland--Dublin--History--19th Century, Women Philanthropists--Ireland--Dublin--History--19th Century
...Edinburgh University Press, 19N1); Maria Luddy Clitna Murphy, ?d?., Women 5urcilving; Studies ill Irish Womens History ill the 19th mid 20th Centuries (Dublin: Poolbeg Press Ltd., 1989); Hasia Diner, Erins Daughters in America (Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hop- kins University...Historical Dimension (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1978). CHAPTER 1 Setting the Stage: . Dublin and Ireland in the N i neteenth Century The streets of Dublin stare the vacant and helpless stare of a beggar selling matches on a doorstep, and the...
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"Rare in Burlesque": Northanger Abbey
Journal article by Richard Landsdown; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 83, 2004
Subjects: Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism and interpretation, Gothic literature--Criticism and interpretation, Literary characters--Criticism and interpretation, Literary techniques, Northanger Abbey (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Realistic novels--Criticism and interpretation
...Lady (London, 1777), 12-13. (27) Mrs Hester Chapone, Letters on the Improvement of the Mind: Addressed to a Young Lady (Dublin, 1773), 114-15. (28) See Terry Caste, The Female Thermometer: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Invention of the Uncanny (Oxford U. Press, 1995), 125: Udolpho "owed its vast popularity across Europe...one writer has called the fabrication of romantic sensitivity." (29) Heather Glen, Charlotte Bronte: The Imagination in History (Oxford U. Press, 2002), 118. (30) See Clara Reeve, Plans of Education: With Remarks on the Systems of Other Writers...
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History of British Theatre
Journal article by J.P. Wearing; English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 49, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, History of British Theatre (Book)--Book reviews
...preface states, the series does not provide a "theatrical history as a seamless narrative"; rather, "each of these volumes includes...1895. Dennis Kennedys opening paragraph to his chapter on theatre from 18951946 attempts a justification by citing three events...certain facts need fleshing out (for example, "riots at the Abbey Theatre" for 1907). The bibliography appears to be limited...
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Northanger Abbey and the Liberal Historians
Journal article by Peter Knox-Shaw; Essays in Criticism, Vol. 49, 1999
Subjects: Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism, Literature--History And Criticism
...era far earlier than the sixteenth century. 8 And when Radcliffe chooses a...point to the treacherous ways of history and of the psyche. Though Radcliffe...mechanical arts. So, too, he argues in his History that Henry VIIIs suppression of...from a date later than the fifteenth century (p. 146), prefers dirt and cobwebs...opposing influences. Her vision of history and of the society to which it gives...notable architect of her nineteenth century reputation, had Northanger Abbey...
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Edward Gordon Craig and Japanese Theatre
Journal article by Sang-Kyong Lee; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 17, 2000
Subjects: Craig, Edward Gordon--Criticism, interpretation, etc., European drama--Analysis, Japanese drama--Influence, Symbolic play--Analysis, Theatrical producers and directors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...35). (8.) Such works included Frank Lombard, An Outline History of the Japanese Drama, advertised in The Mask 14 (1928...fruhe Versuche zur Uberwindung des Buhnenrealismus. Schweizer Theater-Jahrbuch 35. Bern: Theaterkultur-Verlag. Miner, Earl. 1958...Vienna. Pronko, Leonard C. 1974. Reyle, Karl. 1966. Theater East and West. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California...
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Mule Bone: Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston's Dream Deferred of an African-American Theatre of the Black Word
Journal article by Carme Manuel; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: African American authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Drama--Black authors, Hughes, Langston--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mule Bone (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...poems by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century black women writers. Notes (1...and "Theophilus Lewis and the Black Theater" (304-12). (2.) For a detailed...Provincetown Players, would remain in history as "a beacon-light of inspiration...from literary history to literary history, but of those ones "we never even...Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama Vol. 1. New York...Modernism: Race, Language, and Twentieth-Century Literature. New York: Oxford UP...Symbiosis: Another Look at the Literary History of the 1920s." Kramer 31-50. Stephens...
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Irresistible Ireland
Magazine article by Robert S. Rothenberg, Sheila Rothenberg; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 125, September 1996
Subjects: Aer Lingus Group PLC--Services, Castles--Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (City)--Description and travel, Ireland--Description and travel, Kildare, Ireland (County)--Description and travel
...Street Bridge brings one to further encounters with Irish history, albeit a far more tragic and bloody period. Interspersed...of Brian Friels "Philadelphia Here I Come" at the renowned Abbey Theatre, now in its new, modern home, we returned for an amazing sable...
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Season Preview 2004-05: A Comprehensive Listing of Productions, Dates and Directors at TCG Theatres Nationwide
Magazine article by Benjamin W. Sampson; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004
Subjects: Theater--Calendars
...29, 2005 (in rep). GREAT AMERICAN HISTORY THEATRE, St. Paul, (651) 292-4323...Randall Beard. Apr 16-May 29. GUTHRIE THEATER, Minneapolis, (612) 377-2224, www...Proof, Agota Kristof, Mar 22-Apr 3. Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland: Death of a Saleman, Arthur Miller...Joe Dowling. Thru Oct 9. ILLUSION THEATER, Minneapolis, (612) 339-4944, www...various. Jul 8-Aug 14. THE JUNGLE THEATER, Minneapolis, (312) 822-7063, www...
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Keepers of the Flame: Standard-Bearers and Newcomers Vie for Attention in New Books This Fall
Magazine article by Randy Gener; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004
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...mischievous revisionist landscape of Mexican and Mexican-American history that flickers through his recent work. The example of Albee...to trace the full arc of Albees very American twist on the Theatre of the Absurd. In The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume...Antigone was specially commissioned to mark the centenary of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 2004 and has the cool fire of The Cure...
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Yeats and the Women Who Loved Him
Magazine article by Michele Pearce; American Theatre, Vol. 14, February 1997
Subjects: Poets--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Sailing to Byzantium (Theatre)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Yeats, William Butler--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...intriguing character because of his place in history, rather than his literary work. "As a...in the founding of the Irish National Theatre, the play ends with an Abbey Theatre-style flourish. As the actors...enough sex and death to please even Irelands greatest poet. Michele Pearce is a...
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Mythic Navigators: This Fall's Crop of Play Collections and Histories Reap a Harvest of Rich Explorations, Mythic and New
Magazine article by Pamela Renner; American Theatre, Vol. 22, October 2005
Subjects: Epic drama--Criticism and interpretation, Laurents, Arthur--Works
...Press, 261 pp, $45, cloth) looks at this chapter of theatre history and the founding of Irish nationhood. In the same year that...writers led by Lady Gregory and Yeats was busy creating the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, director Constantin Stanislavsky was creating his...
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Ireland Keeps Eyes Smiling
Newspaper article by Fred, Karen Eckert; The Washington Times, June 28, 1998
Subjects: Ireland
...restoration of an 18th-century distillery where we learned about the history and methods of whiskey distillation and what makes Irish whiskey...Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud, we decided, was to take in a play at Abbey Theatre, the national theater of Ireland, home to its world-renowned...
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IT'S PLAYTIME; This Is a Caption, This Is a Caption , This Is a Caption ; Unhappy Families: The Moody Cast of Is This about Sex? ; American Burlesque Star Julie Atlas Muz Is the Star of Gorgeous Morons at the New Theatre ; Atlas Muz in Gorgeous Morons ; School Daze: The Pupils in the History Boys
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 28, 2007
Subjects: Dublin Theatre Festival
...Atlas Muz in Gorgeous Morons ; School Daze: The Pupils in the History Boys. Byline: DANIELLE MCGRANE Fifteen venues, 22 productions and a giant abseiling wall - make way forDublins Theatre Festival FROM drag queens performing burlesque to Brian Friels...time hisreworking of The Playboy Of The Western World at the Abbey. EVERYONES TALKING ABOUT A LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Starring...
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The Best of British Film Talent; Full Details: See the 13 July Issue Going Places: Archers Star Felicity Jones in ITV's Northanger Abbey
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 16, 2007
...Going Places: Archers Star Felicity Jones in ITVs Northanger Abbey. Byline: ELIZABETH HOPKIRK AND ANNA DAVIS THIS is the...tipped them as the stars of tomorrow. Its annual survey has a history of flagging up major talent - in previous yearsit identified...Award foroutstanding newcomer for three plays at the National Theatre last year. RobertRedford cast him in Lions For Lambs and he...
4.
My Grass Is Greener; FAMOUS PAST: John and Carol Challiss Home Was Once Part of an Abbey
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 13, 2008
...reason Carol and I like thearea so much as we are both keen on history. We own a medieval house, 15 minutes from Ludlow, that was once part of a 12thCentury abbey. In the 14th Century it was owned by Roger Mortimer, whosupposedly...and visit theannual food festival. The town has a cinema and theatre, and an Arts Festivalevery year which is very popular. I love...
5.
The Best of British Film Talent; Full Details: See the 13 July Issue ; Going Places: Archers Star Felicity Jones in ITV's Northanger Abbey
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 16, 2007
...Going Places: Archers Star Felicity Jones in ITVs Northanger Abbey. Byline: ELIZABETH HOPKIRK, ANNA DAVIS Introducing 27...tipped them as the stars of tomorrow. Its annual survey has a history of flagging up major talent - in previous yearsit identified...ShulmanAward for outstanding newcomer for three plays at the National Theatre lastyear. Robert Redford cast him in Lions For Lambs and he...
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O'Connor, Frank
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...He was a librarian in Dublin and later a director of the Abbey Theatre (1936 39). OConnor is noted primarily for his short stories...also published poetry, critical works, and volumes of Irish history. See his autobiography, An Only Child (1961); biography...
2.
Gregory, Lady Augusta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...drama. She was a founder and the manager-director of the Abbey Theatre , for which she wrote many of her most successful pieces...Theater (1913) and several long plays dealing with Irish history. See her journals (ed. by L. Robinson, 1946); biography...
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English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Twentieth Century Irish drama flowered in the early 20th cent., largely under the aegis of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin (see Irish literary renaissance ). John Millington Synge , William Butler Yeats , and Sean OCasey all...Shaw wrote biting dramas that reflect all aspects of British society. In fact, many of the towering figures of 20th-century English literature were not English; Shaw, Yeats, Joyce, OCasey, and Beckett were Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh...of T. S. Eliot , whose long poem The Waste Land (1922) was a watershed in both American and English literary history. Its difficulty, formal invention, and bleak antiromanticism were to influence poets for decades. Equally important...novels chronicling life in England during the 20th cent. Some of the most exciting work of the period came in the theater, notably the plays of John Osborne , Harold Pinter , Tom Stoppard , David Storey , and Arnold Wesker...
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Dublin , City, Republic of Ireland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a good collection of old masters. History Dublin was a Danish town until 1014...was founded there in 1893, and the Abbey Theatre began producing Irish plays. In 1913...to the worst period of bloodshed in Dublins history (see Ireland, Republic of...
5.
London , City, England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...working replica of Shakespeares Globe Theatre opened in 1997. The Univ. of London...including the Wimbledon championship). History Little is known of London prior to...and the construction of Westminster Abbey . By the 14th cent. London had become...Encyclopedia (2d ed., 1993); S. Inwood, A History of London (1999); P. Ackroyd, London...


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