Gender, performance, and authorship at the Abbey Theatre / Elizabeth Brewer Redwine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redwine, Elizabeth Brewer, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbey Theatre.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This volume argues for a reconsideration of authorship at the Abbey Theatre. The actresses who performed the key roles at the Abbey contributed original ideas, language, stage directions, and revisions to the theatre's most renowned performances and texts, and this study asks that we consider the role of actresses in the development of these plays. Plays that have been historically attributed to W. B. Yeats and J. M. Synge have complicated histories, and the neglect of these women's contributions over the past century reflects power dynamics that privilege male, Anglo Irish writers over the contributions of working class actresses. The study asks that readers consider the importance of past performance in the creation of written text.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-265017-3

0-19-191878-4

0-19-265016-5

OCLC:

1251442407