Theatre of Thomas Kilroy /

Thomas Kilroy, Ireland's leading intellectual playwright, has, over the span of a fifty-year career, consistently resisted fixed categories and boundaries in both his stagecraft and the themes of his plays. In a close consideration of ten of his major works for the stage, and drawing extensivel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lanters, Jose (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kilroy, Thomas > Criticism and interpretation.
English drama > Irish authors.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • part I. Nationalism and identity
  • Divided loyalties : The O'Neill
  • Deformities of nationalism : Double cross
  • Mum's the word : The Madame MacAdam Travelling Theatre
  • part II. Gender and sexuality
  • Bachelors gay : The death and resurrection of Mr. Roche
  • Psychological baggage : Tea and sex and Shakespeare
  • The wound of gender : The secret fall of Constance Wilde
  • No such thing as love : Christ, deliver us!
  • part III. Art and mysticism
  • Relations with the absolute : Talbot's box
  • The art of imperfection : The shape of metal
  • A time of joy and love : Blake.

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