The Comic Everywoman in Irish Popular Theatre Political Melodrama, 1890-1925
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Palgrave Studies in Comedy
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
15.01.2019
Abbildungen
IX, 2 illus. in color., farbige Illustrationen
Verlag
SpringerSeitenzahl
130
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/15.3/1.3 cm
Gewicht
303 g
Auflage
1st ed. 2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-030-02007-1
This book is a comprehensive study of comic women in performance as Irish Political Melodrama from 1890 to 1925. It maps out the performance contexts of the period, such as Irish “poor” theatre both reflecting and complicating narratives of Irish Identity under British Rule. The study investigates the melodramatic aesthetic within these contexts and goes on to analyse a selection of the melodramas by the playwrights J.W. Whitbread and P.J. Bourke. In doing so, the analyses makes plain the comic structures and intent that work across both character and action, foregrounding comic women at the centre of the discussion. Finally, the book applies a “practice as research” dimension to the study. Working through a series of workshops, rehearsals and a final performance, Colleary investigates comic identity and female performance through a feminist revisionist lens. She ultimately argues that the formulation of the Comic Everywoman as staged “Comic” identity can connect beyond the theatre toher “Everyday” self. This book is intended for those interested in theatre histories, comic women and in popular performance.
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