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The Theatre of Sean O'Casey
Contributor(s): Moran, James (Author), Hynes, Garry (Contribution by), Lonergan, Patrick (Editor)
ISBN: 1408175347     ISBN-13: 9781408175347
Publisher: Methuen Drama
OUR PRICE:   $133.65  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Drama
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 822.912
Series: Critical Companions
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages
 
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This Critical Companion to the work of one of Ireland's most famous and controversial playwrights, Sean O'Casey, is the first major study of the playwright's work to consider his oeuvre and the archival material that has appeared during the last decade. Published ahead of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland with which O'Casey's most famous plays are associated, it provides a clear and detailed study of the work in context and performance.

James Moran shows that O'Casey not only remains the most performed playwright at Ireland's national theatre, but that the playwright was also one of the most controversial and divisive literary figures, whose work caused riots and who alienated many of his supporters. Since the start of the 'Troubles' in the North of Ireland, his work has been associated with Irish historical revisionism, and has become the subject of debate about Irish nationalism and revolutionary history.

Moran's admirably clear study considers the writer's plays, autobiographical writings and essays, paying special attention to the Dublin trilogy, The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars. It considers the work produced in exile, during the war and the late plays. The Companion also features a number of interviews and essays by other leading scholars and practitioners, including Garry Hynes, Victor Merriman and Paul Murphy, which provide further critical perspectives on the work.

Contributor Bio(s): Wetmore Jr, Kevin J.: - Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. is professor of theatre arts at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA, the author and editor of ten books including The Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films, and a contributor to numerous volumes on sci-fi, pop culture and religion, including essays on Godzilla, Star Wars, and Battlestar Galactica. His areas of expertise include Japanese theatre, African theatre, Shakespeare, Greek tragedy, stage combat and comedy. He is co-editor with Patrick Lonergan of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama's Critical Companions series.Lonergan, Patrick: - Patrick Lonergan is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at National University of Ireland, Galway. He writes about theatre for The Irish Times and Irish Theatre Magazine. His first book, Theatre and Globalization, was awarded the 2008 Theatre Book Prize. He has authored two Student Editions of plays by Martin McDonagh, is editor of The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays and series editor of the Critical Companions.Hynes, Garry: - Garry Hynes is the founder and Artistic Director of Druid Theatre Company, Ireland,Murphy, Paul: - Paul Murphy is Head of Drama Studies and the Director of Research at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.Moran, James: - James Moran is Head of Drama in the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research is primarily concerned with modern anglophone literature, with a particular interest in the theatre of twentieth-century Ireland. One of the main strands of his research explores how revolutionary politics and dramatic literature interact. His first book, Staging the Easter Rising (2005), charts the ways in which Irish insurrectionism was affected by the public playhouse. He has also edited a volume of plays by political radicals such as Thomas MacDonagh and James Connolly (Four Irish Rebel Plays, 2007). Moran is currently writing The Theatre of Seán O'Casey (2013), which will examine the way in which O'Casey's writing navigates the changing dynamics of colonialism, political nationalism, and cold-war communism.