Ireland, Enlightenment and the English stage, 1740-1820 / edited by David O'Shaughnessy, Trinity College, Dublin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

O'Shaughnessy, David, 1976- editor of compilation.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Intellectual life--18th century.

Ireland.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.

Great Britain.

England.

Theater--Ireland--History--18th century.

Theater.

Theater--England--History--18th century.

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

English drama.

English drama--18th century--History and criticism.

Enlightenment--Ireland.

Enlightenment.

Enlightenment--England.

English drama--Irish authors.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 268 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

The theatre was a crucial forum for the representation of Irish civility and culture for the eighteenth-century English audience. Irish actors and playwrights, operating both as individuals and within networks, were remarkably popular and potent during this period, especially in London. As ideas of Enlightenment percolated throughout Britain and Ireland, Irish theatrical practitioners - actors, managers, playwrights, critics and journalists - exploited a growing receptivity to Irish civility, and advanced a patriot agenda of political and economic autonomy. Mobility, toleration and the capacity to negotiate multiple allegiances are marked features of this Irish theatrical Enlightenment, whose ambitious participants saw little conflict between their twin loyalties to the Crown and to Ireland. This collection of essays responds to recent work in the areas of eighteenth-century theatre studies, Irish studies and Enlightenment studies. The volume's discussions of genre, colonialism, gender, race, music, slavery, and dress open up new avenues of scholarship and research across disciplines.

Contents:

Introduction: Staging an Irish enlightenment / David O'Shaughnessy

Part 1. Representations and resistance

Straddling: London-Irish actresses and their characters / Felicity Nussbaum

John Johnstone and the possibilities of Irishness, 1783-1820 / Jim Davis

The diminution of 'Irish' Johnstone / Oskar Cox Jensen

Part 2. Symbiotic stages: Dublin and London

Midas, Kane O'Hara and the Italians: an interplay of comedy between London and Dublin / Michael Burden

Trading Loyalties: Sheridan, the School for scandal and the Irish propositions / Robert W. Jones

Sydney Owenson, Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and the domestic stage of Post-Union politics / Colleen Taylor

Part 3: Enlightened perspectives

Civility, patriotism and performance: Cato and the Irish history play / David O'Shaughnessy

From Ireland to Peru: Arthur Murphy's (anti)-imperial dramaturgy / Bridget Orr

The provincial commencement of James Field Stanfield / Declan McCormack

Worlding the village: John O'Keeffe's 'Excentric' pastorals / Helen Burke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781108498142

1108498140

OCLC:

1076550759

Publisher Number:

99981662647