Irish Drama, Modernity and the Passion Play

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism
Cover of the book Irish Drama, Modernity and the Passion Play by Alexandra Poulain, Palgrave Macmillan UK
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alexandra Poulain ISBN: 9781349949632
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: January 19, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Alexandra Poulain
ISBN: 9781349949632
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: January 19, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book discusses Irish Passion plays (plays that rewrite or parody the story of the Passion of Christ) in modern Irish drama from the Irish Literary Revival to the present day. It offers innovative readings of such canonical plays as J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, W. B. Yeats’s Calvary, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage, Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer and Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, as well as of less well-known plays by Padraic Pearse, Lady Gregory, G. B. Shaw, Seán O’Casey, Denis Johnston, Samuel Beckett and David Lloyd. Challenging revisionist readings of the rhetoric of “blood sacrifice” and martyrdom in the Irish Republican tradition, it argues that the Passion play is a powerful political genre which centres on the staged death of the (usually male) protagonist, and makes visible the usually invisible violence perpetrated both by colonial power and by the postcolonial state in the name of modernity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book discusses Irish Passion plays (plays that rewrite or parody the story of the Passion of Christ) in modern Irish drama from the Irish Literary Revival to the present day. It offers innovative readings of such canonical plays as J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World, W. B. Yeats’s Calvary, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage, Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer and Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, as well as of less well-known plays by Padraic Pearse, Lady Gregory, G. B. Shaw, Seán O’Casey, Denis Johnston, Samuel Beckett and David Lloyd. Challenging revisionist readings of the rhetoric of “blood sacrifice” and martyrdom in the Irish Republican tradition, it argues that the Passion play is a powerful political genre which centres on the staged death of the (usually male) protagonist, and makes visible the usually invisible violence perpetrated both by colonial power and by the postcolonial state in the name of modernity.

More books from Palgrave Macmillan UK

Cover of the book Comparing Devolved Governance by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Bilateral Perspectives on Regional Security by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Remembering and Rethinking the GDR by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Sociology in Belgium by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Domestic Violence by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book The Politics of EU-China Economic Relations by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Continuous Improvement Strategies by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Managing People in a Downturn by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book The Disentanglement of Populations by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Peasant Petitions by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Rethinking the Post Soviet Experience by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Security, Identity, and British Counterterrorism Policy by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Governing Post-War Britain by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Negotiating Strategically by Alexandra Poulain
Cover of the book Strategy, Value and Risk by Alexandra Poulain
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy