The work sets out to challenge the official reading that the troubles are now over and that the future of Northern Ireland will almost inevitably be one of prosperity and progress. It is a critical response to the choreographed optimism that defines both official discourse and m…
The work sets out to challenge the official reading that the troubles are now over and that the future of Northern Ireland will almost inevitably be one of prosperity and progress. It is a critical response to the choreographed optimism that defines both official discourse and m…
The work sets out to challenge the official reading that the troubles are now over and that the future of Northern Ireland will almost inevitably be one of prosperity and progress. It is a critical response to the choreographed optimism that defines both official discourse and m…
"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…
"In this book, Marianne Elliott has succeeded in at last creating a coherent, credible and absorbing history of the Ulster Catholics - from their early medieval origins to the devolution of 1999. In the process many myths are destroyed, but a picture also emerges of a history wh…
The author examines the relationships between theatre and the turbulent political and social context of Northern Ireland since 1969. He explores in detail key theatrical performances which deal directly with this context. The works examined are used as exemplars of wider approac…