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Title: The Gate Theatre, Dublin
Condition: New
Subtitle: Inspiration and Craft
EAN: 9781788746243
ISBN: 9781788746243
Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 31/08/2018
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 225mm
Item Length: 150mm
Item Weight: 605g
Contributor: Des Lally (Edited by), Patrick Lonergan (Edited by), David Clare (Edited by), (Other primary creator)
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Book Series: Carysfort Press Ltd.
Author: David Clare
Release Year: 2018
Description:

The Gate Theatre is one of Ireland’s major theatres. It has produced important new plays by such figures as Brian Friel, Conor McPherson, and Denis Johnston – while also premiering significant works by other writers, including unjustly neglected women dramatists such as Mary Manning, Christine Longford, and Maura Laverty. It has made huge contributions to the art of theatre in Ireland, not only in relation to acting (launching the careers of Orson Welles, James Mason, and Michael Gambon) but also in terms of direction and design. And it has made a major contribution to the world’s understanding of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and others.

Despite these incredible achievements, the theatre has been the subject of very little critical attention to date. This book redresses this problem; it is, in fact, the very first scholarly essay collection devoted entirely to the theatre. It gathers together leading academics and critics who explore the Gate’s achievements in relation to the development of new Irish writing and new Irish theatre practices. The book is written with scholarly rigour but also in accessible language and would therefore be of interest to anyone with a passion for Irish theatre.

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