Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Irish Studies
Women in Northern Irish Theatre, 1921-2012
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Irish Studies
ISBN: 978-0-8156-3475-1
Verlag: Syracuse University Press
Moving beyond the better-known women theatre practitioners of the North such as Marie Jones, Christina Reid, Anne Devlin, and the Charabanc Theatre Company, Coffey recovers the lost history of lesser-known, early playwrightsand highlights a new generation of women writing during peacetime. She examines how Northern women have historically used the theatrical stage as a form of political activism when more traditional avenues were closed off to them. Tracing the development of women’s involvement in Northern theatre, Coffey ultimately illuminates how issues such as feminism, gender roles, violence,politics, and sectarianism have shifted over the past century as the North moves from conflict into a developing and fragile peace.