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The spaces of Irish drama : stage and place in contemporary plays
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The spaces of Irish drama : stage and place in contemporary plays

Author: Helen Lojek
Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Contemporary Irish drama communicates not only through words but also through the non-verbal use of space - both the geographical places in which plays are set and the ways stage space is used. The work of cultural and physical geographers, brought to bear on plays by Friel, McPherson, Carr, and McGuinness, illuminates the extent to which perceptions of themes and characters are determined by the plays' uses of  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Helen Lojek
ISBN: 9780230115231 0230115233
OCLC Number: 711049361
Description: x, 181 p. ; cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Mapping the territory : Brian Friel's Translations (1980) --
Picturing a changing landscape : Conor McPherson's The weir (1997) --
Travelling in place : Marina Carr's By the bog of cats? (1998) --
Exploring interiors : Frank McGuinness's Gates of gold (2002) --
Conclusion.
Responsibility: Helen Heusner Lojek.

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Lojek provides extensive analysis of space in plays by living Irish playwrights, applying practical understandings of staging and the insights of geographers and spatial theorists to drama in an era  Read more...
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