Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152) and index.
Contents:
Backrounds. Early Irish history -- Century of destiny -- Literary tradition -- Irish theater -- Playwrights and plays. Thematic introduction -- Lady Gregory -- William Butler Yeats -- George Bernard Shaw -- John Millington Synge -- Other early modern dramatists: Padraic Colum ; T.C. Murray ; George Fitzmaurice ; Lennox Robinson ; George Shiels -- Sean O'Casey -- Along with O'Casey: Paul Vincent Carroll ; Denis Johnston ; M.J. Molloy -- Samuel Beckett -- Brendan Behan -- Brian Friel -- Other contemporary dramatists: Hugh Leonard ; John B. Keene ; Eugene McCabe ; Tom Mac Intyre ; Thomas Kilroy ; Tom Murphy ; Stewart Parker ; Christina Reid ; Neil Donnelly ; Anne Devlin ; Marie Jones ; Frank McGuinness ; Michael Harding ; Sebastian Barry ; Niall Williams ; Donal O'Kelly ; Vincent Woods ; Marina Carr ; Martin McDonagh.
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