Beschreibung
Examining a collection of Irish plays, this book highlights how specific theatrical productions reflect the global factors at work in modern Ireland. Also, it seeks to document how Irish dramatists exert an impact on theatre practitioners from non-English speaking countries and enrich their stage aesthetics.
Autorenportrait
Wei H. Kao, who holds a doctorate from the University of Kent, now lectures at National Taiwan University. He is the author of
(2007). His articles on Irish writers and culture have appeared in
,
,
(2007),
(2010), and
(2010).
Inhalt
Content: I. When Incest Is Not A Taboo: Desire and the Land in Eugene O’Neill’s
and Marina Carr’s
– II. Remaking the Stage Irishman in the New World: Dion Boucicault’s
, Edward Harrigan’s
, and Sebastian Barry’s
– III. Migrant Workers on Stage: Tom Murphy’s
and Jimmy Murphy’s
– IV. A Russian Mirror to Ireland: Migration in Tom Murphy’s
and Anton Chekhov’s
– V. South Africa, Racism, and Irish Sectarianism in Dolores Walshe’s
and Damian Smyth’s
– VI. Transnational Ireland on Stage: America to Middle East in Three Texts – VII. Peace and Beyond in the Middle East: Colin Teevan’s War Trilogy – VIII. Voices from Two Theatrical Others: Labor Issues in the Theatres of Ireland and Taiwan – IX. Samuel Beckett in Taiwan: Cross-cultural Innovations and Significance – X. The Irish at Home and Abroad: Transnational Practices.
