Title Twentieth-century Irish drama : mirror up to nation / Christopher Murray

Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997

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Description x, 278 pages ; 23 cm Contents 1. Yeats's theatre of the heart -- 2. Lady Gregory: coming to terms -- 3. Synge: ironic revolutionary -- 4. O'Casey: in search of a hero -- 5. Into the twilight: Robinson, Johnston, Carroll -- 6. Shades of the prison-house: Shiels, D'Alton, Molloy, Behan -- 7. Revolutionary times: 'A Generation of Playwrights' -- 8. 'A Modern Ecstasy': playing the North -- 9. 'A National Dream-life': the contemporary drama Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index Subject English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism. English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism. SUBJECT Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115504 Ireland -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104923 LC no. 96027486 ISBN 0719041562 hardback

Other Titles 20th-century Irish drama

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