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Contents
Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Making Space: Towards a Spatial Theory of Irish Theatre; 2 Field Day: Local Roots and Global Reach; 3 'We'll Be the Judges of That': The Critical Reception of DruidSynge in the USA; 4 Abbey Tours to London after 1990; 5 Ireland Onstage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; 6 'What's the news from Kilcrobally?': Notes on the Reception of Contemporary Irish Theatre in German-Speaking Countries; 7 Blue Raincoat Theatre Company and Its Influences
8 Beyond the Passion Machine: The Adigun-Doyle Playboy and Multiculturalism9 Audience Expectation and the Expected Audience -- Writing for the International Stage; 10 'The Words Look After Themselves': The Practice of Enda Walsh; 11 'Strangeness Made Sense': Reflections on Being a Non-Irish Irish Playwright.; Texts Cited; Contributors; Index
Summary
Essays on the internationalization of Irish drama
Notes
"This book arises from a conference that was held as part of a project funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The project was entitled 'The Internationalization of Irish Drama, 1975-2005' and the conference took place at National University of Ireland, Galway in April 2009"--Page ix
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-168) and index
