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The Methuen drama guide to contemporary Irish playwrights / edited and with an introduction by Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Plays and Playwrights.
- Plays and Playwrights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--Irish authors.
- English drama.
- English drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- English drama--21st century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (678 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
- Other Title:
- Contemporary Irish playwrights
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Methuen Drama, ©2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights from the last 50 years whose work has helped to shape and define Irish theatre. Written by a team of international scholars, it provides an illuminating survey and analysis of each writer''s plays and will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary Irish drama. The playwrights examined range from John B. Keane, Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, to the crop of writers who emerged in the 1990s and who include Martin McDonagh, Marina Carr, Emma Do.
- Contents:
- Sebastian Barry / Jürgen Wehrmann
- Dermot Bolger / Christina Wald
- Marine Carr / Aleks Sierz
- Anne Devlin / Enrica Cerquoni
- Emma Donoghue / Cathy Leeney
- Brian Friel / Nicholas Grene
- Marie Jones / Catrin Siedenbiedel
- John B. Keane / Jürgen Kamm
- Thomas Kilroy / Anthony Roche
- Hugh Leonard / Emilie Pine
- Martin Lynch / Tom Maguire
- Owen McCafferty / Mark Phelan
- Martin McDonagh / Martin Middeke
- Frank McGuinness / Eamonn Jordan
- Tom MacIntyre / Daniel Shea
- Conor McPherson / Clare Wallace
- Gary Mitchell / Paul Devlin
- Tom Murphy / Gerold Sedlmayr
- Donal O'Kelly / Patrick Lonergan
- Mark O'Rowe / Michael Raab
- Stewart Parker / Eberhard Bort
- Christina Reid / Christian GroÇe
- J. Graham Reid / Jochen Achilles
- Billy Roche / Peter Paul Schnierer
- Enda Walsh / Lisa Fitzpatrick.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612960604
- 9781282960602
- 1282960601
- 9781408132685
- 1408132680
- 9781408198629
- 1408198622
- OCLC:
- 768731530
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