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The Urban Plays of the Early Abbey Theatre - Beyond O'Casey (Hardcover) Loot Price: R911
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The Urban Plays of the Early Abbey Theatre - Beyond O'Casey (Hardcover): Elizabeth Mannion

The Urban Plays of the Early Abbey Theatre - Beyond O'Casey (Hardcover)

Elizabeth Mannion

Series: Irish Studies

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Ireland's Abbey Theatre opened in 1904. Under the guidance of W. B. Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory, it became instrumental to the success of many of the leading Irish playwrights and actors of the early twentieth century. Conventional wisdom holds that the playwright Sean O'Casey was the first to offer a new vision of Irish authenticity in the people and struggles of inner-city Dublin in his groundbreaking trilogy The Shadow of a Gunman, The Ploughand the Stars, and Juno and the Paycock. Challenging this view, Mannion argues that there was an established tradition of urban plays within the Abbeyrepertoire that has long been overlooked by critics. She seeks to restore attention to a lesser-known corpus of Irish urban plays, specifically those that appeared at the Abbey Theatre from the theatre's founding until 1951, when the original theatre was destroyed by fire. Mannion illustrates distinct patterns within this Abbey urban genre and considers in particular themes of poverty, gender, and class. She provides historical context for the plays and considers the figures who helped shape the Abbey and this urban subset of plays. With detailed analysis of box office records and extensive appendixes of cast members and production schedules, this book offers a rich source of archival material as well as a fascinating revision to the story of this celebrated institution.

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Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Irish Studies
Release date: November 2014
First published: October 2014
Authors: Elizabeth Mannion
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-3367-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN: 0-8156-3367-X
Barcode: 9780815633679

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