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Political acts : women in Northern Irish theatre, 1921-2012 /

By: Coffey, Fiona Coleman [author.].
Series: Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.): Publisher: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2016Description: xi, 294 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780815634904; 9780815634904; 0815634900; 9780815634751; 0815634757.Subject(s): English drama -- Irish authors -- History and criticism | English drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism | Women in the theater -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Theater -- Political aspects -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Feminism and theater -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Politics in literature | Northern Ireland -- In literatureDDC classification: 809.933581 COF
Contents:
Introduction: setting the scene -- Theatre, gender, and politics, 1921-1979. Nation, conflict, and the politics of feminism -- Theatre and state censorship -- Raising the curtain: Alice Milligan, Patricia O'Connor, and Mary O'Malley -- Troubles and the stage, 1980-1997. Community engagement: The Charabanc Theatre Company -- Political drama and controversy: Dubbeljoint and the Justus Community Theatre Company -- The Post-Agreement North, 1998-2012 -- Borderlands and the rural north: Abbie Spallen -- The protestant urban underclass: Stacey Gregg and Rosemary Jenkinson -- Experimental theatre and queer dramaturgy: Shannon Yee -- Conclusion: making strides.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 809.933581 COF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0082470
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-288) and index.

Introduction: setting the scene -- Theatre, gender, and politics, 1921-1979. Nation, conflict, and the politics of feminism -- Theatre and state censorship -- Raising the curtain: Alice Milligan, Patricia O'Connor, and Mary O'Malley -- Troubles and the stage, 1980-1997. Community engagement: The Charabanc Theatre Company -- Political drama and controversy: Dubbeljoint and the Justus Community Theatre Company -- The Post-Agreement North, 1998-2012 -- Borderlands and the rural north: Abbie Spallen -- The protestant urban underclass: Stacey Gregg and Rosemary Jenkinson -- Experimental theatre and queer dramaturgy: Shannon Yee -- Conclusion: making strides.

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