Research Catalog

Title

Re-place : Irish theatre environments / Lisa FitzGerald.

Author

Fitzgerald, Lisa

Publication

Oxford : Peter Lang, 2017.

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Details

Description

x, 202 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"What role does nature play in the cultural world of the theatre? Is the auditorium not a natural environment, and how can theatre and nature aesthetics co-exist in the productive expression of performance? Re-Place: Irish Theatre Environments proposes a new way of thinking about Irish theatre: one that challenges established boundaries between nature and culture and argues for theatre performances to be seen as conceptual ecological environments. Broadening the scope of theatre environments to encompass radiophonic and digital spaces, Re-Place is a timely interrogation of how we understand performance history. This book examines the work, both as text and in production, of three canonical Irish playwrights, J. M. Synge, Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel, and looks at how theatre documentation can further the idea of a natural performance environment. The questions under consideration extend Irish theatre history into the field of the environmental humanities and draw on new materialist discourse to offer exciting and innovative ways to approach performance." --Back cover.

Series Statement

Reimagining Ireland ; volmue 84

Uniform Title

Reimagining Ireland; v. 84.

Subject

• Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 > Criticism and interpretation
• Friel, Brian > Criticism and interpretation
• Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 > Criticism and interpretation
• English drama > Irish authors > History and criticism
• Theater > Ireland

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 1787073599
• 9781787073593

OCLC

• 1000126689
• SCSB-12158816

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library