Abstract
This chapter surveys trends in the representation of working-class dramatis personae on Ireland's stages, in the latter part of the twentieth century. It also considers the representation of working-class dramatists in critical discourse. Social class is framed in relation to mutations in Independent Ireland's political economy, during the period. By using a reverse chronology, the chapter exposes, in particular, paths not taken in relation to the representation of women in dramatic narrative.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A History of Irish Working-Class Writing |
| Editors | Michael Pierse |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 318-331 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-107-14968-7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 30 Nov 2017 |
Keywords
- political economy
- intellectual labour
- theatre ecology
- Sean O'Casey
- James McKenna
- John Arden
- Margaretta D'Arcy
- Billy Roche
- Brian Friel
- Tom Murphy
- Alan Simpson
- 1913 Lockout
- Wexford Lockout 1911
- Labour Party
- Richard Corish
- patriarchy
- misogyny
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Professor VICTOR MERRIMAN
- English & Creative Arts - Prof of Critical Studies in Drama
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