Women in Irish Drama A Century of Authorship and Representation

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 b

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Edited by

Melissa Sihra

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Women in Irish Drama

Performance Interventions

Performance Interventions is a series of monographs and essay collections on theatre, performance, and visual culture that share an underlying commitment to the radical and political potential of the arts in our contemporary moment, or give consideration to performance and to visual culture from the past deemed crucial to a social and political present. Performance Interventions moves transversally across artistic and ideological boundaries to publish work that promotes dialogue between practitioners and academics, and interactions between performance communities, educational institutions, and academic disciplines. Titles include: Alan Ackerman and Martin Puchner (editors) AGAINST THEATRE Creative Destructions on the Modernist Stage Elaine Aston and Geraldine Harris (editors) FEMINIST FUTURES? Theatre, Performance, Theory Leslie Hill and Helen Paris (editors) PERFORMANCE AND PLACE Melissa Sihra (editor) WOMEN IN IRISH DRAMA A Century of Authorship and Representation Forthcoming titles: Lynette Goddard STAGING BLACK FEMINISMS Identity, Politics, Performance Amelia M. Kritzer POLITICAL THEATRE IN POST-THATCHER BRITAIN

Performance Interventions Series Standing Order ISBN 1–4039–4443–1 Hardback 1–4039–4444–X Paperback (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England

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Series Editors: Elaine Aston, University of Lancaster, and Bryan Reynolds, University of California, Irvine

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Máire Hastings as Agnes and Stella McCusker as Julie in the 1994 Abbey Theatre production of The Mai by Marina Carr. Peacock Stage. Photo: by kind permission of Amelia Stein

A Century of Authorship and Representation Edited by

Melissa Sihra Foreword by

Marina Carr

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Women in Irish Drama

Selection and editorial matter © Melissa Sihra 2007 Foreword © Marina Carr 2007 Preface © Janelle Reinelt 2007 Individual chapters © contributors 2007

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