The Golden Thread – Irish Women Playwrights, Volume 1 (1716–1992) Clare Mcdonagh

The Golden ThreadIrish Women Playwrights, Volume 1 (1716-1992)\nAuthor(s): David Clare, Fiona McDonagh, Justine Nakase\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781800859463, 978-1800859463\nSynopsis\nSold as a multi-volume set the individual volumes are also available for purchase.\n\n This two-volume edited collection illuminates the valuable counter-canon of Irish womens playwriting with forty-two essays written by leading and emerging Irish theatre scholars and practitioners. Covering three hundred years of Irish theatre history from 1716 to 2016, it is the most comprehensive study of plays written by Irish women to date. These short essays provide both a valuable introduction and innovative analysis of key playtexts, bringing renewed attention to scripts and writers that continue to be under-represented in theatre criticism and performance.\n\n Volume One covers plays by Irish women playwrights writt*