Patrick Pearse and the theatre : Mac Piarais agus an Téatar / Eugene McNulty & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, editors.

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Language
  • English
  • Irish
Published/​Created
Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2017]
Description
203 pages : music ; 24 cm

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    This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibilities. Best known as a leading figure in the 1916 Rising, Pearse wrote and produced eleven plays and pageants that drew widespread attention at the time of their first production during the Revival period. He also wrote widely on theatre, performance and the politics of identity. This is the first collection of scholarly essays to focus on this important aspect of his life. With a comprehensive introduction and contributions from Irish and international scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines, these exciting new readings offer key insights into Pearse's plays, their performances and their contexts. Students, scholars and general readers alike will find much here to challenge and complete their understanding of this icon of rebellion. Cuimsionn an leabhar dhá aiste Ghaeilge a sholáthraíonn léargate nua ar chúlra cultúrtha na ndrámaí a léirigh an Piarsach, agus ar an gceol a bhain leo. Book jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Stages of the rising
    • Performing Irish nationalism on and off the stage: Bulmer Hobson and Patrick Pearse / Marnie Hay
    • Patrick Pearse: literary pioneer and propagandist / Anne Markey
    • Escaping 'suburban groove': Pearse, theatre and the landscape of Scoil Éanna / Brian Crowley
    • Angel delight: Patrick Pearse and modernist experiment / James Moran
    • Waiting for the exceptional: Pearse's drama and the space between law and law / Eugene McNulty
    • The Übermensch of the Western world: self and nation in The singer / Maciej Ruczaj / 'To right the wrong of the people': vulnerability and revolutionary desire in Patrick Pearse's drama / Michael G. Cronin
    • Pádraig Mac Piarais agus forbairt na drámaíochta dúchais / Róisín Ní Ghairbhí
    • Caithréim: ceol agus amhráin ó dhrámaí an Phiarsaigh / Sile Denvir
    • Apeasing Pearse's ghosts: history, memory and theatre / Elaine Sisson
    • Decisions at Easter: Pearse takes the stage / Barry Houlihan.
    Other title(s)
    Patrick Pearse and the theater
    ISBN
    • 9781846826184 ((hardcover))
    • 1846826187 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017275134
    OCLC
    938394552
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