Contemporary Irish drama communicates not only through words but also through the non-verbal use of space ₆ both the geographical places in which plays are set and the ways stage space is used. The work of cultural and physical geographers, brought to bear on plays by Friel, McP…
Contemporary Irish drama communicates not only through words but also through the non-verbal use of space ₆ both the geographical places in which plays are set and the ways stage space is used. The work of cultural and physical geographers, brought to bear on plays by Friel, McP…
"Contemporary Irish drama communicates not only through words but also through the non-verbal use of space - both the geographical places in which plays are set and the ways stage space is used. The work of cultural and physical geographers, brought to bear on plays by Friel, Mc…
This book contains McGuinness plays from the 1980s, including his major work, Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme.
Plays one
by McGuinness, Frank, McGuinness, Frank
fromContemporary classics (London, England)
This collection of provocative essays reveals how some of the great Irish poets and dramatists of the past and present, have drawn on Greek myths and used these stories to bring new insights on the world in which we now live.
"This book examines Field Day Theatre's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish Troubles through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registe…