After the Irish Renaissance : a critical history of Irish drama since The plough and the stars / [by] Robert Hogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogan, Robert, 1930-1999.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English drama.

Irish language--Revival.

Irish language.

Ireland--Intellectual life--20th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 282 pages) : portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1967]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the Irish Renaissance was first published in 1967.This account of contemporary Irish drama provides critical introductions to some thirty or forty playwrights who have worked in Ireland since 1926, the year Sean O'Casey left Ireland following a riotous protest against his play The Plough and the Stars. The date is regarded by many as marking the end of the Irish Renaissance, the brilliant literary flowering which began with the founding of the Irish Literary Theatre in 1898 by W. B. Yeats, George Moore, and Edward Martyn.Although much has been written about the writers of the Irish Renaissance and their work, most of the plays and playwrights of the modern Irish theatre are relatively obscure outside Ireland. This book introduces their work to a broader audience.Among the writers discussed, in addition to O'Casey and Yeats, are Lennox Robinson, T. C. Murray, Brinsley MacNamara, George Shiels, Louis D'Alton, Paul Vincent Carroll, Denis Johnston, Mary Manning, Miche l Mae Liamm ir, Michael Molloy, Walter Macken, Seamus Byrne, John O'Donovan, Bryan MacMahon, Lady Longford, Brendan Behan, Hugh Leonard, James Douglas, John B. Keane, Brian Friel, Tom Coffey, Seamus de Burca, Conor Farrington, G. P. Gallivan, Austin Clarke, Padraie Fallon, Donagh MacDonagh, Joseph Tomelty, and Sam Thompson. The author also discusses the Abbey Theatre's recent history, the Gate Theatre, Longford Productions, the theatre in Ulster, and the Dublin International Theatre Festival, and provides a full bibliography of plays and criticism. The book is generously illustrated with photographs.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

I: THE REALISTIC DRAMA OF THE ABBEY

1 The Abbey: Shadow or Substance of a Theatre?

2 The Abbey Dramatists: 1926-1945

3 Paul Vincent Carroll: The Rebel as Prodigal Son

4 The Abbey Dramatists: 1946-1965

5 Michael Molloy's Dying Ireland

Appendix I: Tomelty, Thompson, and the Theatre in Ulster

II: REACTIONS FROM REALISM

6 At the Gate Theatre

7 The Adult Theatre of Denis Johnston

8 The Experimental Theatre of the Poets

Appendix II: The Genius of George Fitzmaurice

III: THE POST-WAR SYNTHESIS

9 The Theatre Festival

10 The Short Happy World of Brendan Behan

11 The Hidden Ireland of John B. Keane

Appendix III: The Outsiders

IV: THE OLD MAN SAYS "YES!

12 In Sean O'Casey's Golden Days

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Illustrations between pages 4 and 5.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-271) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6881-7

OCLC:

233033993