Drama, Performance, and Polity in Pre-Cromwellian Ireland / / Alan J. Fletcher.
The Irish contribution to world theatre is famous, but today awareness of Irish theatrical activity is chiefly confined to the modern period. This book corrects that imbalance with an unparalleled study of the early history of drama and performance in Ireland, from the seventh century through the si...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Early English Drama
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- A Note on Texts, Transcriptions, and Terminology
- Prologue: Insubstantial Pageants
- 1. Drama and the Performing Arts of Gaelic Ireland
- 2. Early Dublin Drama
- 3. Dublin Drama in the Sixteenth Century
- 4. Drama and the Performing Arts in Old Kilkenny
- 5. Provincial Pomps and Triumphs
- 6. Patrons, Households, and Institutions
- 7. Dublin Drama in the Seventeenth Century
- Epilogue: Revels Ended
- APPENDIX I: The Dublin Visitatio Sepulcri Play
- APPENDIX II: Titus or the Palme of Christian Covrage
- APPENDIX IIIa-c: Civic Entries
- APPENDIX Iv: Introduction to the Sword Dance
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index