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This comprehensive handbook assembles a comprehensive body of essays on the key elements of Irish Theatre and Performance from the past 50 years. In an attempt to examine key moments, movements, works, artists, companies, and spaces, essays in the text approach this important area of study from a range of thematic angles to create an analytical resource that seeks critical insight and steps beyond encyclopaedic listing. This important and timely scholarly resource offers a unique insight for upper-level students and scholars of theatre and performance, and helps evaluate the tremendous impact of Irish drama on the contemporary theatre scene.
Examines key moments, movements, works, artists, companies and spaces in contemporary Irish theatre and performance from a range of thematic angles
Provides new insights into the ways Irish theatre practice has evolved over the past sixty years
Brings together a wide spectrum of voices and perspectives to encourage fruitful new understandings of the legacy of recent Irish theatre and performance
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Eamonn Jordan is Associate Professor in Drama Studies at the School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin, Ireland. His published works include Theatre Stuff: Critical Essays on Contemporary Irish Theatre (2000) and Dissident Dramaturgies: Contemporary Irish Theatre (2010), and he has co-edited The Theatre of Martin McDonagh: A World of Savage Stories (2006) and The Theatre of Conor McPherson: 'Right beside the Beyond' (2012) with Lilian Chambers.
Eric Weitz is Associate Professor in Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His publications include The Cambridge Introduction to Comedy (2009) and Theatre & Laughter (2016), as well as edited collections and single-author essays and articles. He sits on the boards of two socially-engaged theatre companies Smashing Times (Dublin) and Collective Encounters (Liverpool) and he is President of the Irish Society for Theatre and Performance Research.
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