Featuring original essays by leading scholars in the field, this book explores the immense legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. Chapters consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. In addition, a number of essays engage with representations of women by a selection of male playwrights in order to re-evaluate familiar contexts and traditions in Irish drama. Features a Foreword by Marina Carr and a useful appendix of Irish women playwrights and their works.

Product Description: Haunted by her dream of Cordelia and Lear, a woman confronts an elderly man, her lifelong antagonist and rival. During their passionate altercation he dismisses her success as a composer and demands she make the ultimate sacrifice: for him to flourish she, his protegee, must be silent...read more

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Product Description: A new American play to re-open the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs Breath, Boom is Kia Corthron's first play for the Royal Court Theatre. It is a startling acute portrayal of Prix, a hardened female gang member in New York, whose only escape from her narrow, abusive life is an obsession with creating the perfect fireworks display...read more

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: On Raftery's HillAuthor: Carr, MarinaPublisher: Dramatist's Play ServicePublication Date: 2002/10/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress:

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Product Description: Carr takes the sort of bloody knot that is the basis of Greek tragedy and transplants it to rural Ireland where she both shatteringly and poetically reveals the horror of some family lives.