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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

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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

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...emphasis on its distinct form of Irish English, and its privileging of language, Irish plays and playwrights have neglected...remarkably high number of plays to excite international as...audiences. The otherness of Irish voices and Irish subjects...
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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

ONE-ACT PLAYS BY ENGLISH AND IRISH DRAMATISTS A selection of some of the more interesting plays, not including those reprinted in the present...The Critics." Farce. Above plays in "Four Irish Plays." Macmillan Company, New York.
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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

...country to appear in Irish plays in the Irish Section of the St. Louis...more used to the musical play of the type Mr. Olcott...Irishman of the Harrigan plays, or to the gross caricatures...against the policy of the Irish Section and returned...
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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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Irish Folk-History Plays By Lady Gregory Second Series The Tragic-Comedies The Canavans - The White Cockade The Deliverer G. P. Putnams Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker press 1912
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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

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...Peasant and the Abbey Dramatists, 279 The Irish Peasant as a dramatic issue, 280 The Irish Peasant in Abbey Theatre Plays, 279 Irish Pedigrees, facing p. 4 The Irish People and the Stage, 103 The Irish Players "B." , 293 The Irish Players E...

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Journal Articles on: irish plays

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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.

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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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"Preying on Foresaid Remains": Irish Identity, Obituaries, and the Limits of Mourning

Journal article by Duncan Greenlaw; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 34, 2001

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Authors, Irish--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Beckett, Samuel--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Grief--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Group identity--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ireland--Literature, Joyce, James--Criticism, interpretation, etc., National characteristics--Ireland, Obituaries--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...in on itself. In the Irish Times and the Belfast...suited to the writer whose plays are described in one Irish Times obituary as "blank...Hegelian solutions f or Irish identity while also writing...name of an irreducible play of differences" (62...
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Beyond the Caricature: Harrigan, Hart, and Braham's Music and the Construction of New York Irish Identity

Journal article by Michelle Granshaw; The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Vol. 19, 2007

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Braham, David, Composers, Harrigan, Edward, Hart, Tony, Irish Americans, Lyricists, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Musical theater, Racial identity

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...influences into a composite Irish-American character...performed in full length plays that generally featured the New York Irish as the heroes. Each play contained four to six...Mulligan from a drunken Irish stereotype (in The Mulligan...play was part of a nine play series that contained...of Harrigan and Harts plays "ran for over 100 performances...
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Depictions of the Irish in Frank Webb's the Garies and Their Friends and Frances E. W. Harper's Trial and Triumph

Journal article by Anna Engle; MELUS, Vol. 26, 2001

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African American authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Harper, Frances E. W.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Irish--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Race--Social aspects, The Garies and Their Friends (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Trial and Triumph (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Webb, Frank--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...likening working-class Irish and African Americans...original. Rather, Jimmy plays upon a comparison that...approximately three million Irish immigrated to the United...class status, such as Irish-Americans, can be easily...representation. Class plays a crucial role in determining...

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Magazine Articles on: irish plays

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The Irish in the Bay Area: Essays on Good Fortune

Magazine article by Rose Murphy; California History, Vol. 84, Winter 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Irish in the Bay Area: Essays on Good Fortune (Book)--Book reviews

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...impressive collection of essays in The Irish in the San Francisco Bay: Essays of Good Fortune plays on this theme and points out that the Irish story on the West Coast differs...range of subjects dealing with Irish American assimilation, culture...
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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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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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All Night Long: Joyce's Ulysses, in Irish Rep's Eyes, Is Simpler and Funnier Than You'd Expect

Magazine article by Kerry Reid; American Theatre, Vol. 21, May-June 2004

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A Dublin Bloom (Play)--Authorship, Bolger, Dermot--Authorship, Bolger, Dermot--Interviews, Dramatists--Authorship, Dramatists--Interviews, Joyce, James--Interviews, Joyce, James--Works, Playwrights--Authorship, Playwrights--Interviews, Stage adaptations--Authorship, Ulysses (Book)

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...artistic director of Chicagos Irish Repertory, always knew that...introduced him to A Dublin Bloom, Irish novelist, poet and playwright...who had helmed Derek Walcotts play The Odyssey and was interested...directed by OBrien this June at Irish Rep the plays world premiere. One large reason...

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Newspaper Articles on: irish plays

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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

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...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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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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PEACE EFFORTS GET BILL ONTO IRISH PLAY LIST; Yeats' Book 'Full of Good Lyrics'

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), June 27, 2004

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Major, John

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

PEACE EFFORTS GET BILL ONTO IRISH PLAY LIST; Yeats Book Full of Good...valuable signed copy of WB Yeats plays he couldnt resist adding his...with Clintons efforts in the Irish peace process that he handed...scribbling below the great Irish poets own signature: "To Bill...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: irish plays

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Irish Literary Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

IRISH LITERARY RENAISSANCE late 19th...that aimed at reviving ancient Irish folklore, legends, and traditions...revival produced some of the best plays of the 20th cent. in the dramas...See R. Hogan, After the Irish Renaissance (1967); J. W...
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Dublin , City, Republic of Ireland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Act of Union of 1800, which sent Irish representatives to the British Parliament...the Abbey Theatre began producing Irish plays. In 1913 the city was paralyzed...1916. The early troubles of the Irish Free State led to the worst period...
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Fay, Frank

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...both Irish actors. The Fay brothers formed the Irish National Theatre, an amateur group founded on the conviction that only Irish actors could perform in Irish plays. Around the nucleus of this company Dublins Abbey...
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Carroll, Paul Vincent

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

CARROLL, PAUL VINCENT 1900 1968, Irish playwright. His plays, vigorous commentaries on the conflicts of village...and The Wayward Saint (1955). See his Irish Stories and Plays (1958...
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O'Casey, Sean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

OCASEY, SEAN shon, 1884 1964, Irish dramatist, one of the great figures of the Irish literary renaissance. A Protestant...movements and in the rebellions for Irish independence. His first plays, The Shadow of a Gunman (1923...

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