The Comic Everywoman In Irish Popular Theatre

Author : Susanne Colleary
Publisher : Springer
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030020088

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The Comic Everywoman in Irish Popular Theatre by Susanne Colleary Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of comic women in performance as Irish Political Melodrama from 1890 to 1925. It maps out the performance contexts of the period, such as Irish “poor” theatre both reflecting and complicating narratives of Irish Identity under British Rule. The study investigates the melodramatic aesthetic within these contexts and goes on to analyse a selection of the melodramas by the playwrights J.W. Whitbread and P.J. Bourke. In doing so, the analyses makes plain the comic structures and intent that work across both character and action, foregrounding comic women at the centre of the discussion. Finally, the book applies a “practice as research” dimension to the study. Working through a series of workshops, rehearsals and a final performance, Colleary investigates comic identity and female performance through a feminist revisionist lens. She ultimately argues that the formulation of the Comic Everywoman as staged “Comic” identity can connect beyond the theatre to her “Everyday” self. This book is intended for those interested in theatre histories, comic women and in popular performance.

Author : Stephen Hamrick
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030339586

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Shakespeare and Sexuality in the Comedy of Morecambe & Wise by Stephen Hamrick Pdf

Contextualizing the duo’s work within British comedy, Shakespeare criticism, the history of sexuality, and their own historical moment, this book offers the first sustained analysis of the 20th Century’s most successful double-act. Over the course of a forty-four-year career (1940-1984), Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise appropriated snippets of verse, scenes, and other elements from seventeen of Shakespeare’s plays more than one-hundred-and-fifty times. Fashioning a kinder, more inclusive world, they deployed a vast array of elements connected to Shakespeare, his life, and institutions. Rejecting claims that they offer only nostalgic escapism, Hamrick analyses their work within contemporary contexts, including their engagement with many forms and genres, including Variety, the heritage industry, journalism, and more. ‘The Boys’ deploy Shakespeare to work through issues of class, sexuality, and violence. Lesbianism, drag, gay marriage, and a queer aesthetics emerge, helping to normalize homosexuality and complicate masculinity in the ‘permissive’ 1960s.

Author : Audrey McNamara,Nelson O’Ceallaigh Ritschel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030421137

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Bernard Shaw and the Making of Modern Ireland by Audrey McNamara,Nelson O’Ceallaigh Ritschel Pdf

This book is an anthology focused on Shaw’s efforts, literary and political, that worked toward a modernizing Ireland. Following Declan Kiberd’s Foreword and the editor’s Introduction, the contributing chapters, in their order of appearance, are from President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, Anthony Roche, David Clare, Elizabeth Mannion, Nelson O’Ceallaigh Ritschel, Aisling Smith, Susanne Colleary, Audrey McNamara, Aileen R. Ruane, Peter Gahan, and Gustavo A. Rodriguez Martin. The essays establish that Shaw’s Irishness was inherent and manifested itself in his work, demonstrating that Ireland was a recurring feature in his considerations. Locating Shaw within the march towards modernizing Ireland furthers the recent efforts to secure Shaw’s place within the Irish spheres of literature and politics.

Author : S. Colleary
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1349465909

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Performance and Identity in Irish Stand-Up Comedy by S. Colleary Pdf

One of the cultural phenomena to occur in Ireland in the last two decades has been the highly successful growth of stand-up comedy as a popular entertainment genre. This book examines stand-up comedy from the perspective of the narrated self, through the prism of the fabricated comedy persona, including Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and Maeve Higgins.

Author : Peter Kavanagh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : English drama
ISBN : UOM:39015028988940

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The Irish Theatre by Peter Kavanagh Pdf

Author : Robert Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1560 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838715328

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Directors in British and Irish Cinema by Robert Murphy Pdf

A guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2005. Each of its 980 entries on individuals directors gives a resume of the director's career, evaluates their achievements and provides a complete filmography. It is useful for those interested in film-making in Britain and Ireland.

Author : David Krause
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015001192692

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The Profane Book of Irish Comedy by David Krause Pdf

This book discusses the major works of 14 Irish playwrights: Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, Dion Boucicault, William Boyle, Paul Vincent Carrol, George Fitzmaurice, Lady Gregory, Denis Johnston, Sean O'Casey, Lennox Robinson, Bernard Shaw, George Shields, J.M. Synge, and W.B. Yeats. Shown are the ways in which these works are linked, emotionally and thematically, to early Gaelic literature and the tradition of the mythic pagan playboy. -- Publisher description

Author : Colin Chambers
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847146120

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The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre by Colin Chambers Pdf

International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : NYPL:33433014784015

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To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : PRNC:32101043499001

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Bulletin of Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:39015067517337

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Theatre History Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UIUC:30112087527401

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World's Popular Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gerald Martin Bordman,Richard Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1033 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199729708

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American Musical Theatre by Gerald Martin Bordman,Richard Norton Pdf

Hailed as "absolutely the best reference book on its subject" by Newsweek, American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle covers more than 250 years of musical theatre in the United States, from a 1735 South Carolina production of Flora, or Hob in the Well to The Addams Family in 2010. Authors Gerald Bordman and Richard Norton write an engaging narrative blending history, critical analysis, and lively description to illustrate the transformation of American musical theatre through such incarnations as the ballad opera, revue, Golden Age musical, rock musical, Disney musical, and, with 2010's American Idiot, even the punk musical. The Chronicle is arranged chronologically and is fully indexed according to names of shows, songs, and people involved, for easy searching and browsing. Chapters range from the "Prologue," which traces the origins of American musical theater to 1866, through several "intermissions" (for instance, "Broadway's Response to the Swing Era, 1937-1942") and up to "Act Seven," the theatre of the twenty-first century. This last chapter covers the dramatic changes in musical theatre since the last edition published-whereas Fosse, a choreography-heavy revue, won the 1999 Tony for Best Musical, the 2008 award went to In the Heights, which combines hip-hop, rap, meringue and salsa unlike any musical before it. Other groundbreaking and/or box-office-breaking shows covered for the first time include Avenue Q, The Producers, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Monty Python's Spamalot, Wicked, Hairspray, Urinetown the Musical, and Spring Awakening. Discussion of these shows incorporates plot synopses, names of principal players, descriptions of scenery and costumes, and critical reactions. In addition, short biographies interspersed throughout the text colorfully depict the creative minds that shaped the most influential musicals. Collectively, these elements create the most comprehensive, authoritative history of musical theatre in this country and make this an essential resource for students, scholars, performers, dramaturges, and musical enthusiasts.

Author : Stanley Hochman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015066321723

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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama by Stanley Hochman Pdf

Ranging from the earliest drama to the theater of the 1980's this encyclopedia includes coverage of national drama and theater around the world, theater companies, and musical comedy. Arrangement of the 1,300 entries is alphabetically by name or subject with nearly 950 of these devoted to individual playwrights and their works.

Author : David R. Beasley
Publisher : David Beasley
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780889203907

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McKee Rankin and the Heyday of the American Theater by David R. Beasley Pdf

Annotation A retired research librarian chronicles the mercurial career of Canadian-born Rankin (1844-1914), an innovator of the early US theater. Rankin was a leading actor, playwright, and creator of a school of acting in New York and a notable repertory theater in San Francisco. Period photographs show Rankin in his heyday, as well as other actorse.g., the Barrymoreswith whom he was associated. Appendices list his progeny and plays. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).