Tom Murphys Theatre of Everyday Space

Focusing on one of Murphy's central innovations - his experimentation with theatre and everyday space - the book considers the significance of Murphy's work in modern drama more broadly.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Social Spaces: Alterior Politics in Murphy's Early Plays
-On the Outside (1959), On the Inside (1974): The Ballroom of Reality
-A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant (1969): The Small Town as Panoptic Dreamworld
Chapter 2. Diasporic Spaces: Dislocation in Murphy's Tragedies
-A Whistle in the Dark (1961): A Cruel Necessity
-Famine (1968): Staging History and Trauma
Chapter 3. Liminal Spaces: Pubs, Clubs and the Underworld
-The House (2000): Home for Emigrants
-Conversations on a Homecoming (1985): Broken Promises of Homeland
-The Blue Macushla (1980): Neon Images
Chapter 4. Sacred Spaces: A Spiritual Quest
-The Sanctuary Lamp (1975): Restoring Faith
-The Gigli Concert (1983): The Politics of Magic
Chapter 5. Women's Spaces: "Supermodernity" and Place
-Bailegangaire (1985): Restoring Place
-The Wake (1998): Materialism and the Female Body
-Alice Trilogy (2006): A Super Wonderland
Outro: Afterlives

About the author

Moonyoung Hong is Assistant Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. She has published in Irish Studies Review, Comparative Drama, Études Irlandaises, and RISE: The Review of Irish Studies in Europe. She is on the Executive Committee of the Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR).

Product details

• Authors: Moonyoung Hong
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032764542
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3276454-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Routledge Studies in Irish Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Ireland, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary theory