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Bill McDonnell - Theatres of the Troubles: Theatre, Resistance and Liberation in Ireland (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Performance Studies) - 9780859897945 - V9780859897945
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Theatres of the Troubles: Theatre, Resistance and Liberation in Ireland (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Performance Studies)

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Description for Theatres of the Troubles: Theatre, Resistance and Liberation in Ireland (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Performance Studies) Paperback. The first book to document grass roots popular theatres which developed from within the working class Republican and Loyalist communities of Belfast and Derry during the latest phase of the four hundred year conflict between Ireland and Britain. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; AN; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.


The first book to document grass roots popular theatres which developed from within the working class Republican and Loyalist communities of Belfast and Derry during the latest phase of the four hundred year conflict between Ireland and Britain. Theatres of the Troubles explores the history of one of the most important periods of political theatre activity in post-war Europe.

This significant study seeks to convey how the moment to moment unfolding of the conflict determined organisation, ‘texts’, performance contexts and reception, and how the theatres operated within Republican and Loyalist communities. All chapters draw upon previously unpublished ... Read more






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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Exeter Performance Studies
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Exeter, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859897945
SKU
V9780859897945
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About Bill McDonnell
Bill McDonnell is Senior Lecturer in Theatre at the University of Sheffield. He has worked both as an actor and writer and was founder and co-director of Theatreworks, Sheffield. He is co-author of Social Impact in UK Theatre (with Dominic Shellard, Arts Council England, 2006).

Reviews for Theatres of the Troubles: Theatre, Resistance and Liberation in Ireland (University of Exeter Press - Exeter Performance Studies)
‘...a valuable document about grassroots, working-class community theatre in Northern Ireland.’ ‘...methodologically sound and historically extremely interesting.’ The Journal of Theatre Research International, Sruti Bala, Volume 35/1 – 2010 ‘It is of course particularly difficult to recapture performances by community theatres.’ ‘McDonnell’s book is a superb example of how such difficulties ... Read more

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