This book is about the history of character in modern Irish drama. It traces the changing fortunes of the human self in a variety of major Irish plays across th

This book traces a significant shift in 20th century Irish theatre from the largely national plays produced in Dublin to a more expansive international art form

Irish women dramatists have long faced an uphill challenge in getting the recognition and audience of their male counterparts. There are more female playwrights

This Handbook offers a multiform sweep of theoretical, historical, practical and personal glimpses into a landscape roughly characterised as contemporary Irish

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