Browsing Department of Drama and Theatre Studies by Issue Date
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Goldsmith, the gate, and the 'hibernicising' of Anglo-Irish plays (Pre-published version)
(Peter Lang, 2018)In recent decades, Irish theatre-makers have frequently imposed Irish elements onto the “English” plays written by London-based, Irish Anglican playwrights. As discerning critics have long recognised, George Farquhar, ... -
Reflections on classic Gate plays by Mary Manning, Christine Longford, and Maura Laverty (Pre-published version)
(ISA [Irish Society for Archives], 2018)Last June, the Waking the Feminists organisation published Gender Counts (its eagerly-anticipated report on gender representation in Irish theatre), and the report confirmed what many Irish theatre fans suspected: during ... -
Performing the fractured puppet self : employing auto-ethnopuppetry to portray and challenge cultural and personal constructions of the disabled body
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2018)This research project examines personal and cultural constructs of the disabled body, with the creation of the puppet play Pupa as its practical culmination. The testimonials of six participants (including my own), all ... -
Irish-American identity in Eugene O'Neill's early plays
(Penn State University Press, 2018)This article examines Irish-American identity in Eugene O’Neill’s early work, including his “lost” plays. It demonstrates that characters such as Al Devlin in The Movie Man, Joe and Nellie Murray in Abortion, Eileen Carmody ... -
Traumatic childhood memories and the adult political visions of Sinéad O’Connor, Bono, and Phil Lynott (Pre-published)
(Peter Lang Ltd, 2020-02-17)Sinéad O’Connor, Paul “Bono” Hewson of U2, and the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy are three of Ireland’s most famous rock musicians, but that is not all that these celebrated singer songwriters have in common. Memories ... -
The transnational roots of key figures from the early years of the Gate Theatre, Dublin (Pre-published)
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2020-11-04)When considering the avant-garde nature of the early Gate Theatre, critics rightly focus on the queer sexuality and liberal politics of many of the people associated with the theatre at the time. However, it is also important ... -
Re:membrance of Absence Disrupting perceptions of Jewish and minority identity in Ireland through theatre
(2021-03-30)This research examines social, historical and theoretical reasons that have contributed to the noticeable omission of minority voices, specifically Jewish voices, from Irish theatre narratives to date. The creation of the ... -
"A form to accommodate the mess": a genetic (self-)translation study of Samuel Beckett’s dramatic writing
(2023-10-02)This thesis analyses the manuscripts of Samuel Beckett’s self-translated dramatic texts in order to better understand how an author recaptures the cadences, originality and political implications of his earlier versions ...