Patrick Pearse and the theatre : Mac Piarais agus an Téatar / Eugene McNulty & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McNulty, Eugene, editor.

Ní Gháirbhí, Róisín, editor.

Language:

English

Irish

Subjects (All):

Pearse, Padraic, 1879-1916--Criticism and interpretation.

Pearse, Padraic.

Pearse, Padraic, 1879-1916.

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

Theater.

Irish drama.

Criticism and interpretation.

Ireland.

History.

Irish drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

203 pages : music ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Patrick Pearse and the theater

Mac Piarais agus an Téatar

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2017]

Language Note:

Primarily in English, two essays in Irish Gaelic.

Summary:

This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibilities. Best known as a leading figure in the 1916 Rising, Pearse wrote and produced eleven plays and pageants that drew widespread attention at the time of their first production during the Revival period. He also wrote widely on theatre, performance and the politics of identity. This is the first collection of scholarly essays to focus on this important aspect of his life. With a comprehensive introduction and contributions from Irish and international scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines, these exciting new readings offer key insights into Pearse's plays, their performances and their contexts. Students, scholars and general readers alike will find much here to challenge and complete their understanding of this icon of rebellion. Cuimsionn an leabhar dhá aiste Ghaeilge a sholáthraíonn léargate nua ar chúlra cultúrtha na ndrámaí a léirigh an Piarsach, agus ar an gceol a bhain leo. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Stages of the rising

Performing Irish nationalism on and off the stage: Bulmer Hobson and Patrick Pearse / Marnie Hay

Patrick Pearse: literary pioneer and propagandist / Anne Markey

Escaping 'suburban groove': Pearse, theatre and the landscape of Scoil Éanna / Brian Crowley

Angel delight: Patrick Pearse and modernist experiment / James Moran

Waiting for the exceptional: Pearse's drama and the space between law and law / Eugene McNulty

The Übermensch of the Western world: self and nation in The singer / Maciej Ruczaj / 'To right the wrong of the people': vulnerability and revolutionary desire in Patrick Pearse's drama / Michael G. Cronin

Pádraig Mac Piarais agus forbairt na drámaíochta dúchais / Róisín Ní Ghairbhí

Caithréim: ceol agus amhráin ó dhrámaí an Phiarsaigh / Sile Denvir

Apeasing Pearse's ghosts: history, memory and theatre / Elaine Sisson

Decisions at Easter: Pearse takes the stage / Barry Houlihan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.

ISBN:

9781846826184

1846826187

OCLC:

938394552