Deirdre McFeely presents the first book-length critical study of
Dion Boucicault, placing his Irish plays in the context of his
overall career. The book undertakes a detailed examination of the
reception of the plays in the New York-London-Dublin theatre
triangle which Boucicault inhabited. Interpreting theatre history
as a sociocultural phenomenon that closely approximates social
history, McFeely examines the different social and political worlds
in which the plays were produced, demonstrating that the complex
politics of reception of the plays cannot be separated from the
social and political implications of colonialism at that time. The
study argues for a shift in focus from the politics of the plays,
and their author, to the politics of the auditorium and the press,
or the politics of reception. It is within that complex and
shifting field of stage, theatre and public media that Boucicault's
performance as playwright, actor and publicist is interpreted.
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