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Modernism, Drama, and the Audience for Irish Spectacle

Hardback

Main Details

Title Modernism, Drama, and the Audience for Irish Spectacle
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paige Reynolds
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:268
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreDrama
ISBN/Barcode 9780521872997
ClassificationsDewey:792.09415
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 January 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Employing previously unexamined archival material, Paige Reynolds reconstructs five large-scale public events in early twentieth-century Irish culture: the riotous premiere of J. M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World in 1907; the events of Dublin Suffrage Week, including the Irish premiere of Ibsen's Rosmersholm, in 1913; the funeral processions of the playwright and Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney in 1920; the sporting and arts competitions of the Tailteann Games in 1924; and the organized protests accompanying the premiere of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars in 1926. The book provides attentive readings of the literature and theatre famously produced in tandem with these events, as well as introducing surprising texts that made valuable contributions to Irish national theatre. This detailed study revises pessimistic explanations of twentieth-century mass politics and crowd dynamics by introducing a more sympathetic account of national communities and national sentiment.

Author Biography

Paige Reynolds is Associate Professor in the Department of English, The College of the Holy Cross.