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The Urban Plays of the Early Abbey Theatre : Beyond O'Casey / Elizabeth Mannion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mannion, Elizabeth.
- Series:
- Irish studies.
- Irish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City and town life in literature.
- English drama--Irish authors--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- Irish drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Irish drama.
- Theater--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Abbey Theatre--History.
- Abbey Theatre.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ireland's Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904. Under the guidance of W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory it became instrumental to the success of many of the leading Irish playwrights and actors of the early twentieth century.Conventional wisdom holds that the playwright Sean O'Casey was the first to offer a new vision of Irish authenticity in the people and struggles of inner-city Dublin in his groundbreaking trilogy The Shadow of a Gunman, The Plough and the Stars, and Juno and the Paycock. Challenging this view, Mannion argues that there was an established tradition of urban plays within the Abbey repertoire that has long been overlooked by critics. She seeks to restore attention to a lesser-known corpus of Irish urban plays, specifically those that appeared at the Abbey Theatre from the theatre's founding until 1951, when the original theatre was destroyed by fire. Mannion illustrates distinct patterns within this Abbey urban genre and considers in particular themes of poverty, gender, and class. She provides historical context for the plays and considers the figures who helped shape the Abbey and this urban subset of plays. With detailed analysis of box office records and extensive appendixes of cast members and production schedules, this book offers a rich source of archival material as well as a fascinating revision to the story of this celebrated institution.
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 240
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780815653042
- 0815653042
- OCLC:
- 897552138
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