{"product_id":"synge-and-the-making-of-modern-irish-drama-556-carysfort-press-ltd","title":"Synge and the Making of Modern Irish Drama: 556 (Carysfort Press Ltd.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roche\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 10-10-2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      In Synge and the Making of Modern Irish Drama, Anthony Roche draws on twenty-five years of engagement with Synge’s plays to present ten chapters on the unfolding of a double narrative.The first argues the extent and ways in which John Millington Synge self-consciously undertook to become the founding playwright of an Irish national theatre. Synge’s rapid development as a playwright is examined in relation to Yeats and Joyce. His love affair with Abbey Theatre actress Máire O’Neill (Molly Allgood) is treated in depth, both in terms of their troubled life together and the vibrant roles he wrote for her.The book’s second narrative moves from Synge’s historical time to the present day, to consider what subsequent Irish playwrights have made of his dramatic legacy. Samuel Beckett, asked by his biographer to name the dramatists whose plays had meant the most to him, uttered only the name of Synge in reply. This study also traces in illuminating detail the impact of Synge’s revolutionary plays on a range of contemporary playwrights: Brian Friel, Stewart Parker, Marina Carr and Martin McDonagh, to examine how this influence and recent productions of Synge’s work have enabled him to remain our contemporary. It will be of considerable interest to students of Irish drama both in Ireland and worldwide.      About the Author      ANTHONY ROCHE is an Associate Professor in the School ofEnglish, Drama and Film at University College Dublin. He is theauthor of the pioneering Contemporary Irish Drama (Second Edition,2009) and the acclaimed Brian Friel: Theatre and Politics (2011).He was the director of the Synge Summer School in Rathdrum, Co.Wicklow, from 2005 to 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788748230\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55477594489210,"sku":"JC-160822-398","price":13.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0332\/9130\/5096\/files\/71OgIeCjUPL.jpg?v=1749292467","url":"https:\/\/gamestoys.co.uk\/products\/synge-and-the-making-of-modern-irish-drama-556-carysfort-press-ltd","provider":"Celador Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}