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Irish Drama

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The Politics of Irish Drama: Plays in Context from Boucicault to Friel

Book by Nicholas Grene; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Boucicault, Dion--1820-1890--Political And Social Views, English Drama--Irish Authors--History And Criticism, Friel, Brian--Political And Social Views, Political Plays, English--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Ireland--History--19th Century, Politics And Literature--Ireland--History--20th Century, Theater--Political Aspects--Ireland

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...astonishing success by manipulating the formulae of the Irish play. Some Irish plays have travelled better than others: Friels very sophisticated...What is significant in the international reception of Irish drama, beyond the mere vagaries of the theatrical...
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Irish Plays and Playwrights

Book by Cornelius Weygandt; Houghton Mifflin, 1913

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Dramatists, Irish, English Drama--Irish Authors--History And Criticism, Theater--Ireland--Dublin

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...ringing in his ears. As the play closes, the Fianna bear away...it would be translated into Irish, and then back again, by Lady...translate the English text into Irish, and Lady Gregory will translate the Irish text back into English...
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Representative One-Act Plays by British and Irish Authors

Book by Barrett H. Clark; Little Brown and Company, 1921

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English Drama, English Drama--Irish Authors, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Lover " is reprinted, with the permission of the publisher, The Macmillan Company, New York, from "Four Irish Plays." This play is fully protected, and permission for performance must be secured from the publisher.
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Irish Folk-History Plays

Book by Lady Gregory; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1912

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Drama

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...for the Stuarts. The attempted escape of King James in the barrel had already been used by Dr. Hyde in a little play written in Irish. In these days, when so much of the printed history we were taught as children is being cast out by scholars...
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John Millington Synge and the Irish Theatre

Book by Maurice Bourgeois; Constable, 1913

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Dramatists, Irish--20th Century--Biography, Synge, J. M--(John Millington)--1871-1909--Biography, Theater--Ireland--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...vast field to survey. Irish plays are numberless. But...our study. What is an Irish play? The phrase may designate...A Gaelic play is a play in Irish Gaelic on an Irish subject. Mention should also be made of plays written by Irishmen...

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Journal Articles on: irish play

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Power Play: Games in Joyce's "Dubliners

Journal article by Mamta Chaudhry-Fryer; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 32, 1995

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Dubliners (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Games--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Irish literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Joyce, James--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Play--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Power play: games in Joyces "Dubliners by Mamta Chaudhry...work of life which . . . seemed to me childs play" (26-27). Reading this stunning paradox...embodying both subversion and inversion, childs play is the serious work of life. Foucault argues...
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Sites and Sights: The Iconology of the Subterranean in Late Nineteenth-Century Irish-American Drama

Journal article by Joyce Flynn; MELUS, Vol. 18, 1993

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Irish Americans--Literature, Melodrama--19th century, O'Neill, Eugene--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...encampment. But these are not the plays sole domestic glimpses: action...occurred in nineteenth-century Irish-American urban life, and...the beginning of Harrigans No Irish Wanted Here, or Out on a Strike...such use of stage space. But Irish-American dramatists presenting...seventeen years later, the same play was printed for the author with...
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The Irish in John Ford's Seventh Cavalry Trilogy - Victor McLaglen's Stooge-Irish Character

Journal article by Jack Morgan; MELUS, Vol. 22, 1997

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Ford, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Irish--Portrayals, depictions, etc., McLaglen, Victor--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...role popular films may play in creating a "false archeology...to accommodate stage-Irish conventions and an array...spurious images of the Irish in his works (ones like...surprising in a Ford movie, the Irish play a significant role. An...
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Becoming Irish or Becoming Irish Music? Boundary Construction in Irish Music Communities

Journal article by Deborah L. Rapuano; Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, Vol. 24, 2001

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Culture, Folk music, Irish Americans, Midwest states, Regions

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...female musician, who claims no Irish ancestry, was faulted for her...to be. Either shes going to play Irish music, or shes not. She cant...came from a musician who often plays music from other music genres...session community and the world of Irish traditional music. In addition...
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A Resistance to British Cultural Hegemony: Irish-language Activism in West Belfast

Journal article by Patricia Kachuk; Anthropologica, Vol. 36, 1994

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Cultural identity, Irish language, Northern Ireland United Kingdom, Politics & government, United Kingdom

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...was established in 1971 As of 1991, there were in Belfast alone, nine Irish-medium play groups, a second Irish-medium primary school (est. 1987) and an Irish-medium secondary school (est. 1991). The only school receiving funding...

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Magazine Articles on: irish play

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Brian Friel: A Sociological Appreciation of an Irish Playwright

Magazine article by Kieran Flanagan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 266, April 1995

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Dramatists--Works, Friel, Brian--Works, Irish--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...course essays on his plays suggested that this playwright...sociological chord. This was an Irish voice that spoke in an...appears in his latest play, Molly Sweeney. This...manifest in a batch of three plays, Dancing at Lughnasa...sociological interest in Friels plays, perhaps the most intriguing...commodification of the past. This play deals with a tragedy of major importance in Irish history, the defeat...
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Trendy Irish Pubs Invade Manhattan and Beyond

Magazine article by Tiffany Danitz; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, March 30, 1998

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Bars, saloons, etc.--Marketing, Music, Irish--Marketing

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...anything but drink." The new Irish pub has become hip, especially...names like Swifts, where bands play "Danny Boy" to a reggae beat...sophisticates were flocking to Irish watering holes to study Gaelic...upscale, not-so-cheap Irish bar," and she likes it. So...
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Conquering England: Roy Foster Introduces a New Exhibition on the Irish in London in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Opening at the National Portrait Gallery on March 9th

Magazine article by Roy Foster; History Today, Vol. 55, March 2005

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Ireland--Emigration and immigration, Irish culture--19th century AD, Irish culture--Exhibitions, London, England--Social aspects, Middle class--19th century AD, Middle class--Social aspects, Middle classes--19th century AD, Middle classes--Social aspects, National Portrait Gallery (London, England)--Exhibitions, United Kingdom--Emigration and immigration

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...visit to the capital of the Irish National Theatre Society (just...presenting radically economical new plays by Yeats and Synge. With perfect...they were just themselves. The Irish presence was now not only avant...Dublin had become the focus for Irish cultural energy. Yeats, though...when he was looking for a new play to open the Abbey in 1904...
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Haunts of the Very Irish

Magazine article by Pamela Renner; American Theatre, Vol. 15, July 1998

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Authors, Irish--Works, Dramatists--Works, McPherson, Conor--Works

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Haunts of the very Irish by Pamela Renner Conor McPherson, the 26-year-old Irish playwright destined to give...Nicholas, McPhersons first play to open in New York. He bends...candle. The accomplished young Irish playwright is still a newcomer...His monologues and chamber plays, most notably St. Nicholas...
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The Irish Revolution and Its Aftermath 1916-1923 Years of Revolt

Magazine article by Charles Townshend; History Today, Vol. 53, July 2003

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Armed Struggle: A History of the IRA (Book)--Reviews, Irish Revolution and its Aftermath 1916-1923 Years of Revolt (Book)--Reviews, Irish War of Independence (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...context (it is remarkable that an Irish historian should think that...that the Second Dail was to play such a long-running role as...genealogical continuity with the early Irish Volunteer organisation. English...which helps to make sense of the Irish conflict. Charles Townshend...

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Newspaper Articles on: irish play

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Beckett Plays Staged for Irish Festival

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), October 7, 2011

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Drama, Festivals, Plays

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Beckett Plays Staged for Irish Festival. LIVERPOOL Irish Festival has joined forces with Irelands Gare St Lazare Players...series at Picturehouse at FACT. "This is the ninth Liverpool Irish Festival," says festival director Jake Roney. "And we...
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Football: I'M READY; COVENTRY ACE EAGER TO PLAY ON THE WORLD STAGE Doyle Hoping New Irish Boss Gives Him the Chance to Prove His Worth

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 7, 2007

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Drama, Plays

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...READY; COVENTRY ACE EAGER TO PLAY ON THE WORLD STAGE Doyle Hoping New Irish Boss Gives Him the Chance to...I have waited a long time to play for Ireland at any level and...way but now he is starting to play in a framework." STAKING A...
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It's a Riot; Irish Play Playboy of the Western World Was So Controversial on Its Opening in 1907 That It Caused Riots on Both Sides of the Atlantic. Gavin Allen Asks How Cardiff Will React to It a Century Later - with a Cardiff Student in a Key Role

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), June 11, 2009

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...more than most about Irish theatre. Olohan has...has been spent on the Irish stage. He has regularly...producing Synges work and the play was staged in the city...action of Playboy. Olohan plays Michael Flaherty, a...it was a controversial play from the moment it was...captures the essence of the Irish language. Its very poetic...star Clare Dunne, who plays Pegeen, is a very bright...
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IRISH PLAY SCOOPS TOP BROADWAY HONOURS; Four 'Oscars' for Galway Theatre Company

Newspaper article by Karl Brophy; The Mirror (London, England), June 9, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

IRISH PLAY SCOOPS TOP BROADWAY HONOURS; Four Oscars...McALEESE yesterday led the tributes to the Irish play which took four top awards at the theatre...the coveted Best Play award. However, Irish director Garry Hynes made Tony history when...
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An Irish Play Which Is Not Lost in Translation

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 7, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Its one of the best of Friels plays and has not been staged for...names. Although most of the Irish characters speak Gaelic - and...English Lieutenant Yolland and Irish Maire fall in love setting off...suitable for all ages." While the play has some comic moments, Holmes...Donnell and his son Owen from the Irish community. It was partly the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: irish play

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Best, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BEST, GEORGE 1946 2005, Northern Irish soccer play, b. Belfast. Regarded as the greatest player ever in British...Manchester United, with 178 goals in 466 games. His later play with lesser teams, when he was increasingly hampered by alcoholism...
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Synge, John Millington

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the bleak and tragic lives of Irish peasants and fisherfolk. His first two one-act plays In the Shadow of the Glen...tragedy were presented by the Irish National Theatre Society. In...the Abbey players. The latter play created a furor of resentment among Irish patriots stung by Synges spoof...
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Boucicault, Dion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...BOUCICAULT, DION boo siko, 1822? 1890, Anglo-Irish dramatist and actor. At 19 he had success with his play London Assurance at Covent Garden, London...growth of the road company that performs one play owes much to Boucicaults influence. See his...
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Behan, Brendan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...BRENDAN be han, 1923 64, Irish dramatist. A notoriously outspoken...uninhibited man, he joined the Irish Republican Army in 1937 and...political offenses. His first play, The Quare Fellow (1956...Brendan Behans Island: an Irish Sketch-Book (1962) is a...
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Lover, Samuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

LOVER, SAMUEL 1797 1868, Irish painter, novelist, and songwriter...which he expanded into a novel and a play (both appeared in 1837), and for Handy Andy (1842), a farcical novel of Irish life. His other works include Legends...

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