Modern Irish Theatre Trotter Hardback Polity Press 9780745633428

Modern Irish Theatre\n\nMary Trotter (Author)\n\n9780745633428, Polity Press\n\nHardback, published 26 September 2008\n\n256 pages\n23.6 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.517 kg\n\n\""Trotter is able to conjure up an Irish theatre throughout the twentieth century that experienced moments every bit as laden with a sense of epochal transition of the present. Modern Irish Theatre is generous and thorough in its engagement with recent scholarship, provides succinct readings of key plays, and shows an eye for the detail or anecdote that will push the historical narrative forward.\""\n Times Literary Supplement\n\""Mary Trotter's Modern Irish Theatre will find a permanent residence on the reading lists for every course I teach on modern and contemporary drama. Her expertise is vast and deep, and this book makes a fine, unique contribution to our knowledge of the 'infinite variety' of Irish drama.\""\n Stephen Watt, Indiana University \n\""Through a set of superbly constructed phases Mary Trotter situates twenti]