"Samuel John Waddell (1878-1967), who took on the stage-name Rutherford Mayne when he embarked on a theatrical career, was the most prolific, versatile, and successful playwright that the Irish Literary Revival in Ulster brought forth. In the course of his career as a dramatist, from 1906 to 19...

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1. Verfasser:	Mayne, Rutherford (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Smythe [u.a.] 2000
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:	Irish drama selections 13
Schlagworte:	Irland Ireland > Drama Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) > Drama
Zusammenfassung:	"Samuel John Waddell (1878-1967), who took on the stage-name Rutherford Mayne when he embarked on a theatrical career, was the most prolific, versatile, and successful playwright that the Irish Literary Revival in Ulster brought forth. In the course of his career as a dramatist, from 1906 to 1934, he wrote thirteen plays - ten plays for the Ulster Literary Theatre, one for the Dublin-based Theatre of Ireland, and two for the Abbey Theatre. Especially his early realistic Ulster 'peasant plays' were very successful, among them The Drone (1908), the most popular Irish folk comedy of the first half of the twentieth century." "Wolfgang Zach's introduction shows why the plays should be remembered today, providing a lengthy survey of Mayne's life and works, with particular emphasis on a discussion of all his plays, their critical reception, stage history, and specific features."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	XXVII, 255 S.
ISBN:	081320979X 0813209781 0861402928 0861402936