From Stage to Page: Critical Reception of Irish Plays in the London Theatre, 1925-1996 - Couverture souple

Harris, Peter James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3034302665 ISBN 13 : 9783034302661

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2011

Synopsis

In December 1921 the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, which led to the creation of the Irish Free State and the partition of Ireland the following year. The consequences of that attempt to reconcile the conflicting demands of republicans and unionists alike have dictated the course of Anglo-Irish relations ever since. This book explores how the reception of Irish plays staged in theatres in London's West End serves as a barometer not only of the state of relations between Great Britain and Ireland, but also of the health of the British and Irish theatres respectively. For each of the eight decades following Irish Independence a representative production is set in the context of Anglo-Irish relations in the period and developments in the theatre of the day. The first-night criticism of each production is analysed in the light of its political and artistic context as well as the editorial policy of the publication for which a given critic is writing. The author argues that the relationship between context and criticism is not simply one of cause and effect but, rather, the result of the interplay of a number of cultural, historical, political, artistic and personal factors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter James Harris is Professor of English Literature at the State University of São Paulo (UNESP), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, where he is also Head of the Modern Languages Department. He is currently working on a monograph entitled The End of the World ... Again : Representations of the Apocalypse on the London Stage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3034302665
• ISBN 13: 9783034302661
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: GPSR Kontakt; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne