Richard Rankin Russell (ed.)

Martin McDonagh

A Casebook
Herausgeber: Russell, Richard Rankin

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Produktbeschreibung

The first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with reinvigorating contemporary Irish drama, his dark, despairing comedies have been performed extensively both on Broadway and in the West End.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780415977654
• ISBN-10: 0415977657
• Artikelnr.: 23592897

Autorenporträt

Richard Rankin Russell is Assistant Professor of English at Baylor University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Identity Politics of Martin McDonagh 2. Martin McDonagh's Stagecraft
3. Comedy and Violence in The Beauty Queen of Leenane 4. The 'Ineffectual
Father Welsh/Walsh': Anti-Catholicism and Catholicism in Martin McDonagh's
The Leenane Trilogy 5. Postmodern Theatricality in the Dutch/Flemish
Adaptation of Martin McDonagh's The Leenane Trilogy 6. Breaking Bodies: The
Presence of Violence on Martin McDonagh's Stage 7. Martin McDonagh and the
Contemporary Gothic 8. The Pillowman: A New Story to Tell 9. 'Never Mind
the Shamrocks' - Globalizing Martin McDonagh 10. Chronology of Martin
McDonagh's Life and Works