Theatres of the Troubles: Theatre, Resistance and Liberation in Ireland - Brossura

Mcdonnell, Bill

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ISBN 10: 085989794X ISBN 13: 9780859897945

Casa editrice: Univ of Exeter Pr, 2008

Riassunto

The emergence of Ireland’s grassroots popular theatre is inexorably linked to the struggles of the working-class Republicans and Loyalists of Derry and Belfast—with performances unfolding in and around the latest phase of the four-hundred-year conflict between Britain and Ireland. Theatres of the Troubles conveys how the moment-to-moment unfolding of the conflict determined the organization, texts, performance contexts and receptions, and larger operations of these theatres in the Republican and Loyalist communities. Drawing upon previously unpublished primary sources—including texts, interviews, workshops, and letters—this volume examines how these theatres related to each other,  to the European tradition of radical theatre, and to the models of liberation which were developing in the postcolonial context of the Republic. Theatres of Troubles represents a key addition to our understanding of the critical relationship between historical conditions and the development of radical theatre forms, while at the same time telling the story of a people who tried to engage theatre in a volatile, complex, and rapidly recontextualizing political situation.

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Recensione:

It is of course particularly difficult to recapture performances by community theatres... McDonnell's book is a superb example of how such difficulties can be overcome.... provides surprising approaches to phenomena that critics have often been reluctant to address substantially in an Irish context: partition, social class, sectarianism, race and gender...exciting --Patrick Lonergan, Contemporary Theatre Review (2009)

A valuable document...methodologically sound and historically extremely interesting... [defined by] scholarly rigor and force of argument --Sruti Bala, Theatre Research International (2010)

McDonnell s excellent book.... opening up a fascinating terrain for future scholars... stands as a testament to the courage of communities making work in the face of political crisis, and equally speaks to the methodological challenges of thinking through the tensions and contradictions in the work of living theatre . --Aoife Monk. TDR: The Drama Review, Summer 2012

L'autore:

Bill McDonnell is senior lecturer in theatre at the University of Sheffield.

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• Editore: Univ of Exeter Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 085989794X
• ISBN 13: 9780859897945
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 254