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John Harrington
John P. Harrington
ISBN: 9780393932430
Format: Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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Presents fourteen plays, by ten major Irish playwrights, such as: "At the Hawk's Well" by W B Yeats; "Pot of Broth" by Yeats and Lady Gregory; "The Weir" by Conor McPherson and "By the Bog of Cats" by Marina Carr. This title contains more than forty reviews and reactions related to the fourteen plays and playwrights.
This new edition reprints the complete texts of fourteen plays, by ten major Irish playwrights, with four new to this edition: "At the Hawk's Well" by W.B.Yeats; "Pot of Broth" by Yeats and Lady Gregory; "The Weir" by Conor McPherson and "By the Bog of Cats" by Marina Carr. "Backgrounds and Criticism" contains more than forty reviews and reactions related to the fourteen plays and playwrights included. A section on "The Irish Dramatic Revival and theatre in Ireland are included, along with a chronology and bibliography.
| ISBN | 0393932435 | | Weight (grammes) | 638 | | ISBN13 | 9780393932430
(What's this?) | | Published in | New York | | Publisher | WW Norton & Co | | Series title | Norton Critical Editions | | Imprint | WW Norton & Co | | Previous ISBN | 9780393960631 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 210 | | Publication date | 13 Feb 2009 | | Width (mm) | 135 | | DEWEY | 822.910809415 | | Spine width (mm) | 35 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 641 | |
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| | | Introduction | | | | | | The Texts of the Plays | | 1 | | | | Cathleen Ni Houlihan by W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory | | 3 | | | | The Pot of Broth by W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory | | 12 | | | | At the Hawk's Well by W. B. Yeats | | 20 | | | | Purgatory by W. B. Yeats | | 29 | | | | Spreading the News by Lady Gregory | | 36 | | | | The Rising of the Moon by Lady Gregory | | 50 | | | | Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge | | 58 | | | | The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. Synge | | 68 | | | | John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw | | 113 | | | | Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey | | 197 | | | | Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett | | 247 | | | | Translations by Brian Friel | | 255 | | | | The Weir by Conor McPherson | | 309 | | | | By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr | | 352 | | | | Backgrounds and Criticism | | 399 | | | | The Irish Dramatic Revival | | 401 | | | | Our Irish Theatre by Lady Gregory | | 401 | | | | What Should Be the Subjects of National Drama? by John Eglinton | | 410 | | | | An Irish National Theatre by W. B. Yeats | | 412 | | | | An Irish National Theatre by Frank J. Fay | | 415 | | | | [The Collaborations of Yeats and Lady Gregory] by Colm Toibin | | 417 | | | | On W. B. Yeats | | 424 | | | | An Introduction for My Plays by W. B. Yeats | | 424 | | | | Strangers in the House by Nicholas Grene | | 426 | | | | Cathleen ni Houlihan Writes Back by Antoinette Quinn | | 429 | | | More... | | |
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