Cultural Convergence : The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928–1960 /
edited by Ondřej Pilný, Ruud van den Beuken, Ian R. Walsh.
Bok Engelsk 2021
| Medvirkende | Pilný, Ondřej. (editor.)
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| Utgitt | Springer International Publishing
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (XVIII, 244 p. 28 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
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| Utgave | 1st ed. 2021.
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| Opplysninger | 1. Introduction: Cultural Convergence at Dublin’s Gate Theatre; Ondřej Pilný (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic), Ruud van den Beuken (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and Ian R. Walsh (NUI Galway, Ireland) -- 2. The Internationalist Dramaturgy of Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir; Joan FitzPatrick Dean (University of Missouri – Kansas City, USA) and Radvan Markus (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) -- 3. Gearóid Ó Lochlainn: The Gate Theatre’s Other Irish-speaking Founder; Pádraig Ó Siadhail (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) -- 4. The Transnational Roots of Key Figures from the Early Years of the Gate Theatre, Dublin; David Clare (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland) and Nicola Morris (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) -- 5. The Other Gates: Anglo-American Influences on and from Dublin; Charlotte Purkis (University of Winchester, UK) -- 6. The Brothers Čapek at the Gate: R.U.R. and The Insect Play; Ondřej Pilný (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) -- 7. Kismet: Hollywood, Orientalism and the Design Language of Padraic Colum’s Mogu of the Desert; Elaine Sisson (IADT, Dublin, Ireland) -- 8. Prussian Discipline and Lesbian Vulnerability: Christa Winsloe’s Children in Uniform at the Gate; Yvonne Ivory (University of South Carolina, USA) -- 9. ‘We belong to the world’: Christine Longford’s War Plays during Irish Neutrality; Erin Grogan (Texas Tech University, USA).. - Based on extensive archival research, this open access book examines the poetics and politics of the Dublin Gate Theatre (est. 1928) over the first three decades of its existence, discussing some of its remarkable productions in the comparative contexts of avant-garde theatre, Hollywood cinema, popular culture, and the development of Irish-language theatre, respectively. The overarching objective is to consider the output of the Gate in terms of cultural convergence – the dynamics of exchange, interaction, and acculturation that reveal the workings of transnational infrastructures.
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| ISBN | 3-030-57562-4
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