Exploring this rapidly shifting world through a series of original readings of dramatic texts and important moments of oratory, this book demonstrates how the perceived crises of imperial and domestic Britain joined these spheres in the popular imagination, revealing how the economics of political and sexual exchange not only became entwined but ......
Nicholas Rowe flourished during the first quarter of the 18thc: he was poet laureate to George I, the author of eight plays (three of which were great successes) and he was the esteemed translator of Lucan's PHARSALIA as well as the first modern editor of Shakespeare's plays. But most of all he was known as a playwright. Rowe's 'She-tragedies"" ......
This edition, The Winter's Tale, not only contains the complete text of the play but also presents the expanse of scholarly opinion and interpretation since the earliest commentary. It covers dating, sources, and emendations to stage history and influential interpretations of particular words.
Since his debut on the Irish theatre scene with ""The Factory Girls"" (1982), Frank McGuinness has been his generation's most prolific and significant playwright, earning applause and awards throughout the English-speaking world (and beyond) for such plays as ""Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme"" (1984) and ""Someone Who'll ......
Oaths, vows, contracts, and promises are among the most momentous actions human beings can perform, in art as well as life. Although virtually ignored by literary theorists, these obligations motivate plots, test characters, provide rhetorical occasions, structure ironies, and open thematic horizons. According to William Kerrigan, they had ......
The Field Day Theatre Company and Irish Cultural Politics
The Field Day Theatre Company has been a vital presence on the cultural and intellectual scene since its inception in 1980. This venture represented an attempt by a group of distinguished Irish artists to contribute to a resolution of Northern Ireland's political crisis. Founded by playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea, Field Day's board of ......
A first rate scholarly contribution, this comprehensive study of Northern Ireland's most prominent playwright focuses on the rival claims of story and history, the demands of the individual and those of the "tribe" whether Catholic or Protestant. Excellent new assessments of the influence of the Field Day Company in the 80's and of strategies used ......
Performance pedagogy does more than involve students in the acting, directing, and production work needed to bring a play text to life. It engages them in interpretation; it makes issues of structure or subtext immediate; it deepens understanding of stage history; in film, it demonstrates the role of camera, lighting, sound. Teaching Shakespeare ......
