Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Irish Theatre"
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Flashes of modernity: stage design at the Abbey Theatre, 1902-1966
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-31)Responding to Guy Julier’s call for a “knowing practice” of design studies, this doctoral thesis reveals Ireland’s negotiation with modernity through stage design. I use historian T.J. Clark’s definition of modernity as ... -
Provoking performance: challenging the people, the state and the patriarchy in 1980s Irish Theatre
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-28)Summary of Contents: Provoking Performance: Challenging the People, the State and the Patriarchy in 1980s Irish Theatre This thesis offers new perspectives and knowledge to the discipline of Irish theatre studies and ... -
A quiet cultural revolution: The amateur theatre movement in Ireland, 1952-1980
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-19)This dissertation outlines the origins, contours, and impact of the amateur theatre movement in Ireland from the foundation of the All-Ireland and Ulster Drama Festivals in 1953 to the establishment of Field Day Theatre ... -
Shakespeare, gender, and contemporary Ireland: performing and recreating national identities
(NUI Galway, 2019-02-11)This dissertation explores the performance of Shakespeare by Irish theatre practitioners in Ireland and England at a time of significant biopolitical, social, and legislative change (2014-2018), and as such, approaches ...