A Whirlwind in Dublin - The Plough and the Stars Riots

?This scholarly work documents the controversy that surrounded the original presentation of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1926. Th editor provides useful introductions to the material and biographical notes about those involved. ... This short volume should prove useful in studying the relationship between theater and its social context and in examining the forces that lead to calls for censorship. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate theater collections.?-Choice

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Product details

• Authors: Robert Lowery
• Assisted by: Robert G. Lowery (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.1984
• EAN: 9780313237645
• ISBN: 978-0-313-23764-5
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Theatre Studies, The Arts: Drama