Synopses & Reviews
Performing the Body in Irish Theatrecharts a performance tradition that lives alongside a literary legacy and offers a highly original and contemporary analysis of Irish theater. Productions of plays by renowned Irish playwrights Friel, MacIntyre and others are investigated to highlight the staged body, issues of representation, transformation and recovery of tradition. Each chapter focuses on performance and identity, postcolonialism and gender, to interrogate the chosen texts as performance, rather than primarily dramatic texts, and the book's conclusion addresses the performance of the body in recent Irish productions.
Synopsis
This title examines the representation of the body in Irish theatre alongside the specific circumstances within which Irish theatre is performed, incorporating issues of gender and embodiment, and the performance of Irishness and tradition. The author contextualizes the body in Irish theatre, and includes in-depth analysis of five key productions.
Synopsis
Performing the Body in Irish Theatre charts a performance tradition that lives alongside a literary legacy and offers a highly original and contemporary analysis of Irish theater.
Table of Contents
Introduction * The Absent Body? Performing Tradition * The Inanimate Body--
The Great Hunger * The Savage Body--
The Saxon Shore * The Dancing Body--
Dancing at Lughnasa * The Troubled Body--
At the Black Pig's Dyke * The Indeterminate Body--
Low in the Dark * The Present Body? Evolving Tradition * Index