The theatre was a crucial forum for the representation of Irish civility and culture for the eighteenth-century English audience. Irish actors and playwrights, operating both as individuals and within networks, were remarkably popular and potent during this period, especially in London. As ideas of...

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Weitere Verfasser:	O'Shaughnessy, David 1976- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1700-1800 Theater / Ireland / History / 18th century Theater / England / History / 18th century English drama / Irish authors / History and criticism English drama / 18th century / History and criticism Enlightenment / Ireland Enlightenment / England Drama Aufklärung Ireland / Intellectual life / 18th century Great Britain / Intellectual life / 18th century Irland Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	The theatre was a crucial forum for the representation of Irish civility and culture for the eighteenth-century English audience. Irish actors and playwrights, operating both as individuals and within networks, were remarkably popular and potent during this period, especially in London. As ideas of Enlightenment percolated throughout Britain and Ireland, Irish theatrical practitioners - actors, managers, playwrights, critics and journalists - exploited a growing receptivity to Irish civility, and advanced a patriot agenda of political and economic autonomy. Mobility, toleration and the capacity to negotiate multiple allegiances are marked features of this Irish theatrical Enlightenment, whose ambitious participants saw little conflict between their twin loyalties to the Crown and to Ireland. This collection of essays responds to recent work in the areas of eighteenth-century theatre studies, Irish studies and Enlightenment studies. The volume's discussions of genre, colonialism, gender, race, music, slavery, and dress open up new avenues of scholarship and research across disciplines
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jul 2019) Introduction: Staging an Irish enlightenment / David O'Shaughnessy -- Part 1. Representations and resistance -- Straddling: London-Irish actresses and their characters / Felicity Nussbaum -- John Johnstone and the possibilities of Irishness, 1783-1820 / Jim Davis -- The diminution of 'Irish' Johnstone / Oskar Cox Jensen -- Part 2. Symbiotic stages: Dublin and London -- Midas, Kane O'Hara and the Italians: an interplay of comedy between London and Dublin / Michael Burden -- Trading Loyalties: Sheridan, the School for scandal and the Irish propositions / Robert W. Jones -- Sydney Owenson, Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and the domestic stage of Post-Union politics / Colleen Taylor -- Part 3: Enlightened perspectives -- Civility, patriotism and performance: Cato and the Irish history play / David O'Shaughnessy -- From Ireland to Peru: Arthur Murphy's (anti)-imperial dramaturgy / Bridget Orr -- The provincial commencement of James Field Stanfield / Declan McCormack -- Worlding the village: John O'Keeffe's 'Excentric' pastorals / Helen Burke
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 268 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108628747
DOI:	10.1017/9781108628747