Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre

by Anne Etienne

This book addresses the notion posed by Thomas Kilroy in his definition of a playwright's creative process. 'We write plays, I feel, in order to populate the stage'. It gathers eclectic reflections on contemporary Irish theatre from both Irish theatre practitioners and international academics. The eighteen contributions offer innovative perspectives on Irish theatre since the early 1990's up to the present, testifying to the themes explored by emerging and established playwrights as well as to the (r)evolutions in practices and approaches to the stage that have taken place in the last...