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“The canon of modern Irish plays ought to be as fluid and debat- able as Ireland itself has been. This lively, stimulating and pleasantly surprising re- thinking of the repertoire cracks open the hard shell of assumptions to reveal the rich variousness of a dynamic and contrary tradition.” Fintan O’Toole, The Irish Times, Ireland FIFTY KEY IRISH PLAYS Fifty Key Irish Plays charts the progression of modern Irish drama from Dion Boucicault’s entry on to the global stage of the Irish dias- pora to the contemporary dramas created by the experiences of the New Irish. Each chapter provides a brief plot outline along with informed analysis and, alert to the cultural and critical context of each play, an account of the key roles that they played in the developing story of Irish drama. While the core of the collection is based on the critical canon, including work by J. M. Synge, Lady Gregory, Teresa Deevy, and Brian Friel, plays such as Tom Mac Intyre’s The Great Hunger and ANU Productions’ Laundry, which illuminate routes away from the mainstream, are also included. With a focus on the develop- ment of form as well as theme, the collection guides the reader to an informed overview of Irish theatre via succinct and insightful essays by an international team of academics. This invaluable collection will be of particular interest to under- graduate students of theatre and performance studies and to lay readers looking to expand their appreciation of Irish drama. Shaun Richards is Emeritus Professor of Irish Studies at Staffordshire University. Publications include Mapping Irish Theatre: Theories of Space and Place (Cambridge University Press, 2013), co-a uthored with Chris Morash, and Contemporary Irish Documentary Theatre (Bloomsbury, 2020), co- edited with Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos. ROUTLEDGE KEY GUIDES Fifty Key Theatre Directors Shomit Mitter and Maria Shevtsova Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers John Lechte Art History The Key Concepts Jonathan Harris Fifty Contemporary Choreographers Jo Butterworth and Lorna Sanders Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre Paola S. Hernández and Analola Santana Fifty Key Stage Musicals Edited by Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew Fifty Key Irish Plays Edited by Shaun Richards Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre Edited by Jimmy A. Noriega and Jordan Schildcrout For a full list of titles in this series, please visit: https://w ww. routle dge.com/R outle dge- Key- Gui des/ book- ser ies/ RKG FIFTY KEY IRISH PLAYS Edited by Shaun Richards Cover image: Courtesy of the Abbey Theatre Archive. Set design by Dorothy Travers Smith of Lear’s Palace for the Abbey Theatre’s first production of King Lear by William Shakespeare, Abbey Theatre, 1928. The scorched corner of the image is witness to the fire that destroyed the Abbey in 1951. First published 2023 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2023 selection and editorial matter, Shaun Richards; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Shaun Richards to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-i n- Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Richards, Shaun, 1947– editor. Title: Fifty key Irish plays / edited by Shaun Richards. Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022005922 (print) | LCCN 2022005923 (ebook) | ISBN 9781032066509 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032066493 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003203216 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: English drama–Irish authors–History and criticism. | Theater–Ireland–History. | Ireland–In literature. Classification: LCC PR8783 .F54 2023 (print) | LCC PR8783 (ebook) | DDC 822.009/9415–dc23/eng/20220425 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022005922 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022005923 ISBN: 9781032066509 (hbk) ISBN: 9781032066493 (pbk) ISBN: 9781003203216 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/ 9781003203216 Typeset in Times New Roman by Newgen Publishing UK For Lucette – always. CONTENTS Alphabetical list of contents x Notes on contributors xiv Introduction 1 SHAUN RICHARDS Fifty Key Irish Plays 11 ix
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