Drama, opera, ballet, circuses, concerts, and puppet-shows: down the years, all these species of live entertainment faced innumerable difficulties in Ireland. T

Essays on Irish theatre in the second half of the twentieth century

This book traces a significant shift in 20th century Irish theatre from the largely national plays produced in Dublin to a more expansive international art form

This book addresses the notion posed by Thomas Kilroy in his definition of a playwright’s creative process: ‘We write plays, I feel, in order to populate th

Reveals the contribution of Irish writers to the Georgian English stage; argues that theatre is an important strand of the Irish Enlightenment.