The Golden Thread. Irish Women Playwrights. Volume 2, (1992-2016) / edited by David Clare, Fiona McDonagh, and Justine Nakase.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clare, David, 1971- editor.

McDonagh, Fiona, editor.

Nakase, Justine, editor.

Series:

Liverpool scholarship online.

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Irish authors.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : Liverpool University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Contains chapters focused on plays by 16 Irish women playwrights produced between 1992-2016, highlighting the explosion of new work by contemporary writers. The plays explore women's experiences at the intersections of class, sexuality, disability, and ethnicity, pushing at the boundaries of how we define not only Irish theatre, but Irish identity more broadly. This two-volume collection illuminates the valuable counter-canon of Irish women's playwriting with 42 essays written by leading and emerging Irish theatre scholars and practitioners. Covering 300 years of Irish theatre history from 1716-2016, it is the most comprehensive study of plays written by Irish women to date. These short essays give a valuable introduction and innovative analysis of key playtexts, bringing renewed attention to scripts and writers that continue to beunder-represented in theatre criticism and performance.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2022).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781800852617

1800852614

9781800858596

1800858590