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The comic everywoman in Irish popular theatre :

(Number (ISBN

3030020088

(Number (ISBN

9783030020088

Erroneous ISBN

303002007X

Erroneous ISBN

9783030020071

Title Proper

The comic everywoman in Irish popular theatre :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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political melodrama, 1890-1925 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Susanne Colleary.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham, Switzerland :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Series Title

Palgrave studies in comedy

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

1. Popular Theatre in Ireland.- 2. Melodrama and its Discontents.- 3. Comic Women at work in Irish Political Melodrama: The Rule of Three.- 4. Ways of Playing -- Ways of Seeing: Comic Women at work in Irish Political Melodrama; A Practice as Research Approach.

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Text of Note

This book is a comprehensive study of comic women in performance as Irish Political Melodrama from 1890 to 1925. It maps out the performance contexts of the period, such as Irish "poor" theatre both reflecting and complicating narratives of Irish Identity under British Rule. The study investigates the melodramatic aesthetic within these contexts and goes on to analyse a selection of the melodramas by the playwrights J.W. Whitbread and P.J. Bourke. In doing so, the analyses makes plain the comic structures and intent that work across both character and action, foregrounding comic women at the centre of the discussion. Finally, the book applies a "practice as research" dimension to the study. Working through a series of workshops, rehearsals and a final performance, Colleary investigates comic identity and female performance through a feminist revisionist lens. She ultimately argues that the formulation of the Comic Everywoman as staged "Comic" identity can connect beyond the theatre to her "Everyday" self. This book is intended for those interested in theatre histories, comic women and in popular performance.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Springer Nature

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com.springer.onix.9783030020088

Title

Comic everywoman in Irish popular theatre.

International Standard Book Number

9783030020071

Melodrama-- History.

Political plays.

Theater and society-- Ireland-- History-- 20th century.

Women comedians-- Ireland-- History-- 20th century.

Women in the theater-- Ireland-- History-- 20th century.

Melodrama.

Political plays.

Theater and society.

Women comedians.

Women in the theater.

Ireland.

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Colleary, Susanne,1970-

Date of Transaction

20200823073710.0

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