Behind the Scenes : Yeats, Horniman, and the Struggle for the Abbey Theatre / Adrian Frazier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frazier, Adrian, Author.

Series:

The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics Series

The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics ; 11

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.) : 10 figs.

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Behind the Scenes presents the story of Dublin's famous Abbey Theatre and its major creative personalities: W. B. Yeats, Annie Horniman, J. M. Synge, and Lady Gregory. Part history, part sociology, part biography, Frazier's work recreates the forces that shaped the Abbey stage, forces that involved the spirited participation of actors, audiences, press, and financiers as well as of the famous poet-playwright who was its co-director. His book unfolds an entertaining and suspenseful tale, centered on the undeniably autocratic personality of W.B. Yeats and with the political struggles of Ireland as a backdrop.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Preface: Whose Abbey Theatre?

Acknowledgments

1. The Making of Meaning

2. Freedom and Individuality

3. Author and Audience

4. Authors and Actors

5. Authors and Patron

6. The Death of the King and the Lazy Telegraph Boy

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Jan 2021)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520311114

0520311116

OCLC:

1229161126