In December 1921 the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, which led to the creation of the Irish Free State and the partition of Ireland the following year. The consequences of that attempt to reconcile the conflicting demands of republicans and unionists alike have dictated the course of Anglo-Irish relations ever since. This book explores how the reception of Irish plays staged in theatres in London's West End serves as a barometer t only of the state of relations between Great Britain and Ireland, but also of the health of the British and Irish theatres respectively. For each of the eight decades following Irish Independence a representative production is set in the context of Anglo-Irish relations in the period and developments in the theatre of the day. The first-night criticism of each production is analysed in the light of its political and artistic context as well as the editorial policy of the publication for which a given critic is writing. The author argues that the relationship between context and criticism is t simply one of cause and effect but, rather, the result of the interplay of a number of cultural, historical, political, artistic and personal factors.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-10
3034302665
ISBN-13
9783034302661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115940704
Product Key Features
Author
Peter James Harris
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Other Performing Arts
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
450g
Height
224mm
Width
150mm
Additional Product Features
Spine
18mm
Issn
1662-9094
Series Part/Volume Number
41
First Published
2011
Series Title
Reimagining Ireland
Content Note
99, Tables
Author Biography
Peter James Harris is Professor of English Literature at the State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil, where he is also Head of the Modern Languages Department. He is currently working on a monograph entitled The End of the World ... Again: Representations of the Apocalypse on the London Stage.