Cultural Convergence
The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928–1960
Editors: Pilný, Ondřej, van den Beuken, Ruud, Walsh, Ian R. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Examines the Gate’s poetics over the first three decades of its existenceInvestigates cultural exchanges pertaining to the development of Irish-language theatre and the politics of the GateMoves away from analyzing Irish theatre in postcolonial terms in favour of an exploration of wider global contextsThis book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Ondřej Pilný is Professor of English and American Literature and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. His publications include The Grotesque in Contemporary Anglophone Drama (2016) and Irony and Identity in Modern Irish Drama (2006).
Ruud van den Beuken is Assistant Professor of English Literature at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He was awarded the 2015 ISTR New Scholars’ Prize and his publications include Avant-Garde Nationalism at the Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928–1940 (2020).
Ian R. Walsh is a Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at NUI Galway, Ireland. His publications include Experimental Irish Theatre: After W.B. Yeats (2012) and The Theatre of Enda Walsh (2015), co-edited with Mary Caulfield.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction: Cultural Convergence at Dublin’s Gate Theatre
Pages 1-13
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The Internationalist Dramaturgy of Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir
Pages 15-46
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Gearóid Ó Lochlainn: The Gate Theatre’s Other Irish-Speaking Founder
Pages 47-73
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The Transnational Roots of Key Figures from the Early Years of the Gate Theatre, Dublin
Pages 75-106
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The Other Gates: Anglo-American Influences on and from Dublin
Pages 107-140
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Cultural Convergence
- Book Subtitle
- The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928–1960
- Editors
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- Ondřej Pilný
- Ruud van den Beuken
- Ian R. Walsh
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-57562-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-57562-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-57561-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 244
- Number of Illustrations
- 27 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
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