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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Welch |
| ISBN: | 0198121873 9780198121879 |
| OCLC Number: | 42136523 |
| Description: | xii, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue 1; 1. 1899-1902, 'Four Green Fields'; 2. 1902-1910, 'Screeching in a Straightened Waistcoat'; 3. 1911-1925, 'O Absalom, my son'; 4. 1926-1951, 'The birth of a nation is no immaculate conception'; 5. 1951-1966, 'I remember everything'; 6. 1966-1985, 'History is personal'; 7. 1985-1999, 'The dead are not the past, the dead are the future'; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Responsibility: | Robert Welch. |
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Abstract:
This history of the Abbey discusses the plays and the personalities in their underlying historical and political context, to give due weight to the theatre's work in Irish, and to take stock of its artistic and financial development up to the end of the millennium.
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Welch is persuasive in his detailed analysis of the major playwrights of Abbey history. He superbly charts Yeats's theatrical explorations ... His insights on the work and its relationship to the evolution of Irish society are perceptive and illuminating. Joe Dowling, The Irish Times 8/1/00 Read more...
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