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Plays by Women in Ireland (1926-33): Feminist Theatres of Freedom and Resistance

Distinguished Villa; The Woman; Youth’s the Season; Witch’s Brew; Bluebeard

Dorothy Macardle author Kate O’Brien author Mary Manning author Margaret O’Leary author Mary Devenport O’Neill author Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick editor Dr Shonagh Hill editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:19th May '22

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An anthology of Irish plays first performed or published between 1926-33, which shines a spotlight on women during the emergence of the conservative, post-revolutionary Irish Free State (1922-39) in the interwar years.

This anthology provides access to neglected theatrical work and broadens our understanding of the history of Irish theatre as well as the vital role of women within it. The introduction places these plays in dialogue with one another as well as within the national context of the repealing of women’s rights during the Irish Free State years.

These are plays by authors including Mary Manning, Dorothy Macardle, Mary Devenport O’Neill, Kate O'Brien and Margaret O’Leary, which are difficult to access, but which are increasingly visible in Irish theatre scholarship. This unique collection places the playwrights in dialogue to form a tradition of women’s theatrical work that challenges the male-dominated literary canon of Irish theatre, as well as enriching the body of women’s theatrical work in the Anglophone world during the interwar years.

Includes the plays:
Kate O’Brien – Distinguished Villa (1926)
Margaret O’Leary – The Woman (1929)
Mary Manning – Youth’s the Season (1931)
Dorothy Macardle – Witch’s Brew (1931)
Mary Devenport O’Neill – Bluebeard (1933)

ISBN: 9781350234642

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264 pages