'Because we are poor ': Irish theatre in the 1990s / Victor Merriman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merriman, Victor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Ireland--History--20th century.

Theater.

Ireland.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 250 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : Carysfort Press, [2011]

Summary:

Merriman, a professor of theater studies at Liverpool Hope University, present this criticism of Irish theater of the 1990s, examining themes of unrealized post-colonial angst in a population often stifled by the co-option of national victory or healing by the political and cultural elites. Drawing from a large group of works produced during the surge of dramatic production in the decade, the volume discusses such topics as neo-colonial relations in Irish theater, theater, subjectivity and change, contested spaces for expression and staging an "anti-colonial moment." Distributed by Dufour Editions. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction: 'Because We Are Poor' 1

2 Independent Ireland: A Successor State 17

3 Theatre, Subjectivity, and Change 47

4 Intranational Problematics: Staging the Anti-Colonial Moment 79

5 Hope Deferred: Neo-Colonial Relations on Ireland's Stages 105

6 Them And Us: Dramas of a Rising Tide 129

7 Countering Hegemonies: Wet Paint Arts and Calypso Productions 155

8 Contested Spaces, Competing Voices: Irish Theatre 1990-1998 187

9 Conclusion. Re-Presenting the Nation: Theatre, Utopia and Decolonization 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1904505511

9781904505518

OCLC:

708219512