The Comic Everywoman in Irish Popular Theatre Political Melodrama, 1890-1925 /
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 inve...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Comedy
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| ISBN: | 9783030020088 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Popular Theatre in Ireland
- 2. Melodrama and its Discontents
- 3. Comic Women at work in Irish Political Melodrama: The Rule of Three
- 4. Ways of Playing - Ways of Seeing: Comic Women at work in Irish Political Melodrama; A Practice as Research Approach.