<b>From mass media to new media in contemporary Irish drama: Billy Roche's On Such As We and Paul Meade's Skin Deep</b><br>

Autores

  • Patrick Lonergan National University of Ireland Galway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2010n58p309

Resumo

This article explores the impact of new media and the mass media on the production, composition and reception of contemporary Irish drama. It considers the emergence of several tensions in that genre, notably that between mobility and stasis and the local and the global. This development is considered in relation to a discussion of two plays: Billy Roche's On Such As We, which was produced at the Peacock Theatre in 2001, and Paul Meade's Skin Deep, premiered by his company Gúna Nua at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin in 2003.

Biografia do Autor

Patrick Lonergan, National University of Ireland Galway

Patrick Loner teaches at National University of Ireland, Galway. He writes about theatre for The Irish Times and Irish Theatre Magazine, is academic director of the Synge Summer School, and serves on the Executives of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL) and the Irish Society for Theatre Research. His book Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era  won the 2008 Theatre Book Prize. Other books include "Echoes Down the Corridor": Irish Theatre - Past, Present and Future (with Riana O'Dwyer), The Methuen Drama Anthology of Irish Plays and Interactions: the Dublin Theatre Festival 1957-2007 (with Nicholas Grene). He is currently working on two projects, both funded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences: the first on the Internationalization of Irish Drama, and the second on Shakespearean Performances in Dublin and Belfast from 1660 to 1904. Forthcoming publications include a student edition of Martin McDonagh's  The Lieutenant of Inishmore  (published by Methuen in summer 2009) and an edited collection of essays on JM Synge.

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2010-01-01

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n. 58 (2010)

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