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Brian Friel

Brian Friel

Beginnings

When Brian Friel died in 2015, the New York Times described him as ‘the Irish Chekhov’, and the Guardian called him ‘the father of modern Irish drama’. He had long been acclaimed as Ireland’s leading...When Brian Friel died in 2015, the New York Times described him as ‘the Irish Chekhov’, and the Guardian called...
Author/Editor: Kelly Matthews
The history of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021

The history of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021

In a place like no other

In 1951, the first ever Wexford Opera Festival (now known as ‘Wexford Festival Opera’) took place in a small town in the southeast corner of Ireland. What started out as an informal gathering of friends...In 1951, the first ever Wexford Opera Festival (now known as ‘Wexford Festival Opera’) took place in a small town...
Author/Editor: Karina Daly
Patrick Pearse and the theatre

Patrick Pearse and the theatre

This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibilities. Best known as a leading figure in the 1916 Rising,...This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in...
Author/Editor: Eugene McNulty & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, editors
The Irish stage

The Irish stage

A legal history

Drama, opera, ballet, circuses, concerts and puppet-shows: down the years, all these species of live entertainment faced innumerable difficulties in Ireland. The challenges that are the focus in this unusual study are those that touched...Drama, opera, ballet, circuses, concerts and puppet-shows: down the years, all these species of live entertainment faced innumerable difficulties in...
Author/Editor: W.N. Osborough
Alice Milligan and the Irish cultural revival

Alice Milligan and the Irish cultural revival

'A profound and moving analysis of one of the greatest inventors of modern Ireland, this account of Alice Milligan itself displays those qualities of intellectual versatility and imaginative audacity which ennobled her life through its...'A profound and moving analysis of one of the greatest inventors of modern Ireland, this account of Alice Milligan itself...
Author/Editor: Catherine Morris
'Is it about a bicycle'?

'Is it about a bicycle'?

Flann O'Brien in the twenty-first century

This collection of essays examines the work of Flann O’Brien, a subversive, confounding and hilarious Irish novelist. It also considers the work of Myles na Gopaleen, whose Cruiskeen Lawn columns tapped into Dublin culture and...This collection of essays examines the work of Flann O’Brien, a subversive, confounding and hilarious Irish novelist. It also considers...
Author/Editor: Jennika Baines editor
The laity, the church and the mystery plays

The laity, the church and the mystery plays

A drama of belonging

With a Foreword by Dame Judi Dench. Over the course of more than two hundred and fifty years, from the fourteenth century until well after the Reformation had become established, biblical plays were performed by groups...With a Foreword by Dame Judi Dench. Over the course of more than two hundred and fifty years, from the fourteenth...
Author/Editor: Tony Corbett
A tragedy of Cola's furie or Lirenda's miserie

A tragedy of Cola's furie or Lirenda's miserie

by Henry Burkhead

Introduction by Patricia Coughlan. Cola’s Furie (1646) by Henry Burkhead was published in Kilkenny during the Catholic Confederacy. A fascinating composite of history play and revenge tragedy, the drama allegorizes the events and leading figures of...Introduction by Patricia Coughlan. Cola’s Furie (1646) by Henry Burkhead was published in Kilkenny during the Catholic Confederacy. A fascinating composite...
Author/Editor: Angelina Lynch, editor
Staging Ireland

Staging Ireland

Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through a detailed analysis of a range of canonical and less familiar plays, such as The...This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through...
Author/Editor: Stephen O'Neill