Contemporary Irish Theatre: Histories and Theories

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This open access book is a new survey of theatre practices in Ireland from 1957 to the present. Part I: Histories, situates the theatrical activity of twentieth and twenty-first century Ireland within its social and political contexts, identifies key practitioners, landmark productions, institutions, festivals, and seminal revivals. Part II: Theories, offers five key theoretical frameworks - nation, language, body, space and interculturalism - to examine contemporary Irish theatre practices. Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance ultimately offers a more extensive story of contemporary Irish theatre documenting the diversity of practices and contributors that have populated the contemporary Irish theatre landscape since 1957.

About the author

Ian R. Walsh is a Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Galway, Ireland. Previous books and edited collections include Experimental Irish Theatre: After W.B Yeats (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), The Theatre of Enda Walsh (2016), and Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).

Charlotte McIvor is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Galway, Ireland. Most recent books and edited collections include Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland: Towards A New Interculturalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), The Methuen Companion to Interculturalism and Performance (2021), and Interculturalism and Performance Now: New Directions? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).


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