Walter Macken

Author : Ultan Macken
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781856356305

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Walter Macken by Ultan Macken Pdf

This new biography sheds light on the private life of one of Ireland's foremost writers, through his many unpublished and privately held papers and letters. Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915 and died there in 1967. Originally an actor, principally with an Taidhbhearc in Galway and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway and also acted in films, notably in Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. Known for his romanticized portrayal of the Irish and the portrait he painted of the colonial oppression of the people, Macken's writings are outstanding examples of literary efforts to reflect the realities of rural life in Ireland in the last century.

Author : P. Murphy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230583856

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Hegemony and Fantasy in Irish Drama, 1899-1949 by P. Murphy Pdf

Hegemony and Fantasy in Irish Drama, 1899-1949 offers a theoretically innovative reconsideration of drama produced in the Irish Renaissance, as well as an engagement with non-canonical drama in the under-researched period 1926-1949.

Author : Walter Macken
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447269212

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Rain on the Wind by Walter Macken Pdf

From boyhood to manhood big, gentle Mico had but two passions in life - the sea, and a young girl so terrible lovely-lookin' it raised your heart to heaven just to see her smile. But with a hideous birthmark on his cheek, a Jonah to those he loved, and only the simple life of a fisherman to offer, how could he hope to win Maeve? The white-capped waves and a great old black bitch of a boat brought the answer . . .

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781411678774

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America's Best, Britain's Finest by John Howard Reid Pdf

What is a mixed movie? A film to which artists of various nationalities contribute. Popular examples are "Land of the Pharaohs," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Casino Royale" and "The Sundowners." British players like Errol Flynn, Stewart Granger, Rex Harrison and James Mason have always been welcome in Hollywood. Not so well known are the numerous examples of American actors who lent their talents to British films, such as Robert Ayres, Phyllis Kirk, Mona Freeman, Frank Sinatra, Carol Lynley, William Bendix, Russ Tamblyn, William Holden, Raquel Welch, Joan Crawford, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Alex Nicol, Zachary Scott, and Wayne Morris, to mention but a few such appearances that are detailed in this book.

Author : Kevin Rockett,Luke Gibbons,John Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317928584

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Cinema and Ireland by Kevin Rockett,Luke Gibbons,John Hill Pdf

This was the first comprehensive study of film production in Ireland from the silent period to the present day, and of representations of Ireland and ‘Irishness’ in native, British, and American films. It remains an authority on the topic. The book focuses on Irish history and politics to examine the context and significance of such films as Irish Destiny, The Quiet Man, Ryan’s Daughter, Man of Aran, Cal, The Courier, and The Dead.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : American literature
ISBN : MINN:31951000583312W

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The Kirkus Service by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jane Stanford
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750956093

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That Irishman by Jane Stanford Pdf

The story of John O’Connor Power is the story of Ireland’s struggle for nationhood itself. Born into poverty in Ballinasloe in 1846, O’Connor Power spent much of his childhood in the workhouse. From here he rose rapidly through the ranks of the Fenian Movement to become a leading member of the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In 1874 he was elected Member for Mayo to the British House of Commons where he was widely acknowledged to be one of the outstanding orators of his day. His speeches, both in Parliament and to the US House of Representatives, secured crucial concessions and support for the Irish cause. O’Connor Power campaigned tirelessly for the rights of tenant farmers, and pioneered the policy of obstructionism to this end. Following his address to a tenants’ rights meeting in Mayo, a protest was launched which would quickly become the powerful political force that was the Land League. He was, in short, one of a distinguished company, that indomitable Irishry of Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Davitt and Isaac Butt, who made the dream of an independent Ireland a reality.

Author : Diarmaid Ferriter
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782832522

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On the Edge by Diarmaid Ferriter Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONSIDE NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 The islands off the coast of Ireland have long been a source of fascination. Seen as repositories of an ancient Irish culture and the epitome of Irish romanticism, they have attracted generations of scholars, artists and filmmakers, from James Joyce to Robert O'Flaherty, looking for a way of life uncontaminated by modernity or materialism. But the reality for islanders has been a lot more complex. They faced poverty, hardship and official hostility, even while being expected to preserve an ancient culture and way of life. Writing in her 1936 autobiography, Peig Sayers, resident of Blaskets island, described it as 'this dreadful rock'. In 1841, there were 211 inhabited islands with a combined population of 38,000; by 2011, only 64 islands were inhabited, with a total population of 8,500. And younger generations continue to leave. By documenting the island experiences and the social, cultural and political reaction to them over the last 100 years, On the Edge examines why this exodus has happened, and the gulf between the rhetoric that elevated island life and the reality of the political hostility towards them.It uncovers, through state and private archives, personal memoirs, newspaper coverage, and the author's personal travels, the realities behind the "dreadful rocks", and the significance of the experiences of, and reactions to, those who were and remain, literally, on the very edge of European civilisation.

Author : E.H. Mikhail
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988-06-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781349085088

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Abbey Theatre by E.H. Mikhail Pdf

Author : Hugh Hunt
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 0231049064

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The Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre, 1904-1978 [i.e. 1979] by Hugh Hunt Pdf

Traces the evolution of the Abbey Theatre from amateur organization to professional theatre of international renown, examining its history within the context of Ireland's social and political environment and in relation to its playwrights, directors, andactors

Author : Robert G. Lowery
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349062126

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O’Casey Annual No. 3 by Robert G. Lowery Pdf

Author : Sue Harper,Vincent Porter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780191541643

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British Cinema of the 1950s by Sue Harper,Vincent Porter Pdf

In this definitive and long-awaited history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw extensively on previously unknown archive material to chart the growing rejection of post-war deference by both film-makers and cinema audiences. Competition from television and successive changes in government policy all forced the production industry to become more market-sensitive. The films produced by Rank and Ealing, many of which harked back to wartime structures of feeling, were challenged by those backed by Anglo-Amalgamated and Hammer. The latter knew how to address the rebellious feelings and growing sexual discontents of a new generation of consumers. Even the British Board of Film Censors had to adopt a more liberal attitude. The collapse of the studio system also meant that the screenwriters and the art directors had to cede creative control to a new generation of independent producers and film directors. Harper and Porter explore the effects of these social, cultural, industrial, and economic changes on 1950s British cinema.

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082984512

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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : Walter Macken
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447269069

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Seek the Fair Land by Walter Macken Pdf

It is 1649. As the English soldiers trample the Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave men set out to seek a 'fair land' over the brow of the hill. Among them is Dominick MacMahon, whose wife has been killed in the bloody massacre of Drogheda, and whose son and daughter, and a wounded priest, Father Sebastian, accompany him. But as he journeys in search of peace and freedom he is relentlessly pursued by Coote, the Cromwellian ruler of Connaught . . .

Author : Leonard Maltin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780698197299

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Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide by Leonard Maltin Pdf

The definitive guide to classic films from one of America's most trusted film critics Thanks to Netflix and cable television, classic films are more accessible than ever. Now co-branded with Turner Classic Movies, Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide covers films from Hollywood and around the world, from the silent era through 1965, and from The Maltese Falcon to Singin’ in the Rain and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Thoroughly revised and updated, and featuring expanded indexes, a list of Maltin’s personal recommendations, and three hundred new entries—including many offbeat and obscure films—this new edition is a must-have companion for every movie lover.