Browsing School of English and Creative Arts by Author "Lonergan, Patrick"
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Half-hearted: Irish Theatre, 2003
Lonergan, Patrick (Center for Irish Studies, University of St. Thomas, 2004)Irish theater experienced an unusuaily quiet period in 2003. Although the year was free of the controversies that have overshadowed recent years, it was also too frequently free of excitement, creativity, and originality. ... -
Home is where the heart is - and the drama too
Lonergan, Patrick (The Irish Times, 2015-01-03)[No abstract available] -
HURL by Charlie O’Neill, Barrabas Theatre Company, Black Box Theatre, Galway
Lonergan, Patrick (2003)Minutes into Hurl, Charlie O’Neil’s play about a multi-ethnic hurling team, a ripple of discomfort sweeps through the audience. On stage, a man and woman have entered the house of an alcoholic ex-priest; understandably, ... -
"I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair": Beckettian and Faustian allusions in Conor McPherson's the Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus
Lonergan, Patrick (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 ... -
‘It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home …’: Beckett as national performance
Lonergan, Patrick (Intellect, 2020-12-01)This article explores how nations such as Ireland interact with each other ‐ and seek to understand themselves ‐ by appropriating theatre-makers and other artists, using them to perform versions of that nation to the outside ... -
J.M. Synge, authenticity, and the regional
Lonergan, Patrick (Edinburgh University Press, 2013)[No abstract available] -
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Gate Theatre
Lonergan, Patrick (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: ... -
The Last Summer by Declan Hughes: programme note for Gate Theatre, Dublin
Lonergan, Patrick (Gate Theatre, 2012)[No abstract available] -
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] -
‘Now for Our Irish Wars’ – Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman and the Irish Dramatic Canon
Lonergan, Patrick (Routledge, 2020-11-22)This article explores the Irish features of Jez Butterworth’s _The Ferryman_, focussing on his use of overfamiliar Irish tropes as well as his intertextual allusions to writers such as Brian Friel, WB Yeats, and Seamus ... -
“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 Ireland, occupying Iraq: Colin Teevan's How Many Miles to Basra
Lonergan, Patrick (Debrecen University Press, 2011)[No abstract available] -
Re-imagining Shakespeare: A tender thing directed by Selina Cartmell: programme note for Siren Productions
Lonergan, Patrick (Siren Productions, 2013)[No abstract available]