Browsing Drama Theatre and Performance (Scholarly Articles) by Issue Date
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Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)It took Samuel Beckett about three weeks to write Krapp’s Last Tape. During that time, the play went through seven distinct stages which, according to the scholarship, involved a gradual stripping away of sentimentality: ... -
Shakespeare and the Irish Writer edited by Janet Clare and Stephen O Neill
(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 ... -
Bolger abandons tradition to chronicle tower life in all its darkness and beauty: BOOK OF THE DAY
(The Irish Times, 2010-05-28)[No abstract available] -
Staging the new Irish : interculturalism and the future of the post-Celtic Tiger Irish theatre
(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 ... -
The Field by John B. Keane, Olympia Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011)Irish attitudes towards John B. Keane have changed a lot during the last ten years – due largely to Garry Hynes’ production of four of his plays during that period. Keane has always been popular, but he was also seen by ... -
All that Fall by Samuel Beckett, Pan Pan Theatre Company
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011)The first thing to say about Pan Pan’s performance of Beckett’s 1956 radio play is this: if you’re planning on going to it, please don’t read this review – it would be a shame to spoil the surprise that awaits you. And ... -
Queer notions: new plays and performances from Ireland by Fintan Walsh
(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 ... -
"I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair": Beckettian and Faustian allusions in Conor McPherson's the Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus
(Routledge, 2012)In a press interview in April 2007, Conor McPherson correctly anticipated the imminent conclusion of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ period – the decade-long economic boom that had transformed Ireland into one of the world’s richest ... -
The Last Summer by Declan Hughes: programme note for Gate Theatre, Dublin
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“Old Fools are Babes Again”: Shakespeare at the Abbey Theatre: programme note for King Lear directed by Selina Cartmell at the Abbey Theatre
(Abbey Theatre, 2013)[No abstract available] -
Once: the musical by Enda Walsh, Gaiety Theatre
(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 ... -
An enemy of the people, Ibsen adapted by Arthur Miller, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2013)Ibsen’s 1882 An Enemy of the People is sometimes described as a problem play, in that it dramatises a compelling debate between two brothers about the nature of morality and individual responsibility. But that term might ... -
Re-imagining Shakespeare: A tender thing directed by Selina Cartmell: programme note for Siren Productions
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Digging around in the past for a glimpse of the future
(The Irish Times, 2013-04-22)[No abstract available] -
'Albert Nobbs', Ladies and Gentlemen, and Quare Irish Female Erotohistories
(Edinburgh University Press, 2013-05)This essay models an approach to quare Irish female erotohistoriography through analyzing George Moore's 1918 novella 'Albert Nobbs' (later adapted as The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs by French feminist playwright Simone ... -
'Perform, or Else!'
(ISTR Irish Society for Theatre Research, 2014)This latest issue of Irish Theatre International bridges the discourses of theatre practice and research with that of performance studies, and also with the ways in which social, economic, political and cultural activities ... -
"Theatre of good intentions: challenges and hopes for theatre and social change" (Book review)
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-10-21)[no abstract available] -
The Match Box by Frank McGuinness: programme note for Galway International Arts Festival
(Galway International Arts Festival, 2015)[No abstract available] -
Home is where the heart is - and the drama too
(The Irish Times, 2015-01-03)[No abstract available]