Modern and contemporary Irish drama : backgrounds and criticism / edited by John P. Harrington.
This edition reprints the complete texts of fourteen plays by the major Irish playwrights : W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, Bernard Shaw, Sean O’Casey, Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel, Conor McPherson, and Marina Carr. It includes prefaces, letters, journal entries, program notes, and interpreta...
| Uniform Title: | Norton critical edition.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
[2009], ©2009.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Norton critical edition.
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| Physical Description: | xx, 641 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- The text of the plays.
- Cathleen Ni Houlihan ; The pot of broth / W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory
- At the hawk's well ; Purgatory / W.B. Yeats
- Spreading the news ; The rising of the moon / Lady Gregory
- Riders to the sea ; The playboy of the Western world / J.M. Synge
- John Bull's other island / Bernard Shaw
- Juno and the paycock / Sean O'Casey
- Krapp's last tape / Samuel Beckett
- Translations / Brian Friel
- The weir / Conor McPherson
- By the bog of cats / Marina Carr
- Backgrounds and criticism.
- The Irish dramatic revival
- On W.B. Yeats
- On Lady Gregory
- On J.M. Synge
- On Bernard Shaw
- On Sean O'Casey
- On Samuel Beckett
- On Brian Friel
- On Conor McPherson
- On Marina Carr
- On theater in Ireland
- Chronology.