This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in the light of Ireland's self-definition. Mediating between history and its relations with politics and a

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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

Murray provides an overview of a nation's theatre read in the light of a nation's self-definition. Mediating between history and its troubled relation with poli

This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Ireland's key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s. Impressively wide