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A loss that makes us richer?
Lonergan, Patrick (The Irish Times, 2003-04-29)[No abstract available] -
The Match Box by Frank McGuinness: programme note for Galway International Arts Festival
Lonergan, Patrick (Galway International Arts Festival, 2015)[No abstract available] -
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, Rattlebag Theatre Company, Civic Theatre Tallaght and Henry IV – Part One by William Shakespeare, Peacock Theatre
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2003)Almost every European country that gained independence after the First World War had one thing in common: with only one exception, they all tried to stimulate the growth of a national literature by commissioning translations ... -
The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh, Druid Theatre, Galway
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2008)[No abstract available] -
“Old Fools are Babes Again”: Shakespeare at the Abbey Theatre: programme note for King Lear directed by Selina Cartmell at the Abbey Theatre
Lonergan, Patrick (Abbey Theatre, 2013)[No abstract available] -
Once: the musical by Enda Walsh, Gaiety Theatre
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2013)As we enter the Gaiety, we discover that Once has already begun: the cast are gathered in what looks like an ordinary pub where a session is underway. They play music for about twenty minutes while members of the audience ... -
Only an Apple by Tom MacIntyre, Peacock Theatre
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2009)You have to wonder why Irish dramatists keep writing plays about politicians. In 1969, Brian Friel’s The Mundy Scheme brilliantly satirised the political life of that period, while anticipating much that would follow. Yet ... -
A pacifist rage: Martin McDonagh's Hangmen
Lonergan, Patrick (Royal Court Theatre, 2015)[No abstract available] -
Queer notions: new plays and performances from Ireland by Fintan Walsh
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011-01-30)Fintan Walsh’s new anthology begins with a line that seems in danger of subverting the rest of the book. “There is strength in numbers, so they say,” writes Frank McGuinness in his foreword – before adding “I’ve never ... -
Re-imagining Shakespeare: A tender thing directed by Selina Cartmell: programme note for Siren Productions
Lonergan, Patrick (Siren Productions, 2013)[No abstract available] -
Regionalisation and Globalization in Irish Drama since 1990
Lonergan, Patrick (Érudit, 2006-09)The impact of globalisation on Irish theatre since the early 1990s has been considerable. A study of four recent Irish plays, all produced by "regional" theatre companies, suggests that contemporary Irish theatre is dominated ... -
Review of Stewart Parker: A Life by Marilynne Richtarik
Lonergan, Patrick (Modern Humanities Research Association, 2015-10)Stewart Parker is ofen spoken of as Ireland’s most unjustly neglected dramatist. His first play, Spokesong, was an unexpected hit at the Dublin Teatre Festival in 1975; his last play, Pentecost (1987), is one of the great ... -
Reviewing
Lonergan, Patrick (Routledge, 2015-02-12)This article explores the practice of reviewing, using the methodologies associated with theatre criticism to consider how best to manage the academic practice of reviewing. -
Shakespeare and the Irish Writer edited by Janet Clare and Stephen O Neill
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)Shakespeare, wrote Ben Jonson, was both the “soul of the age” and “for all time”. His work, that is, encapsulated the life of his society – but it also transcended space and time, acquiring universal importance. That ... -
Speaking Out: The Tricyle Theatre's Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2005)[No abstract available] -
Staging the new Irish : interculturalism and the future of the post-Celtic Tiger Irish theatre
McIvor, Charlotte (University of Toronto Press, 2011)In this article, I argue that the work of minority-ethnic artists reframes the parameters of Irish national belonging and tests the limits of “interculturalism” as official discourse in the post–Celtic Tiger nation. I ... -
Stained Glass at Samhain: Town Hall, Galway
Lonergan, Patrick (The Irish Times, 2002-11-02)[No abstract available] -
Tackling a live subject: the Hinterland controversy
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2002)The ramifications of the controversy over Sebastian Barry’s latest play echo well beyond the "Hinterland", argues Patrick Lonergan. What, exactly, is so bad about Hinterland? Using aspects of the career of Charles ... -
"Theatre of good intentions: challenges and hopes for theatre and social change" (Book review)
McIvor, Charlotte (Taylor & Francis, 2014-10-21)[no abstract available] -
The theatre of Marie Jones: telling stories from the ground up
Lonergan, Patrick (Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-11)It’s sometimes asserted that Irish women writers are doubly marginalised: first by their nationality and then by their gender. If that statement is true, we might add to it that Marie Jones has been marginalised a third ...