{"product_id":"9781408113462","title":"The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights\u003c\/i\u003e is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights from the last 50 years whose work has helped to shape and define Irish theatre. Written by a team of international scholars, it provides an illuminating survey and analysis of each writer's plays and will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary Irish drama. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe playwrights examined range from John B. Keane, Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, to the crop of writers who emerged in the 1990s and who include Martin McDonagh, Marina Carr, Emma Donoghue and Mark O'Rowe. Each essay features: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright \u003cbr\u003ea discussion of their most important plays \u003cbr\u003ean analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of Irish theatre \u003cbr\u003ea bibliography of texts and critical material \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a total of 190 plays discussed in detail, over half of which were written during the 1990s and 2000s, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights\u003c\/i\u003e is unrivalled in its study of recent plays and playwrights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Enlightening essays....commendably well-researched...thorough content does not detract from [its]readability.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Something of an elegy for a period of theatrical flowering. For several decades, it seemed that Irish dramatists were the most interesting writing in English. Brian Friel and Tom Murphy were magisterial; Frank McGuiness and Anne Devlin were sharp, spry and frequently maverick; Martin McDonagh and Marina Carr looked to extend a tradition of wild and witchy imaginings...This book is more than a reminder of the riches of recent decades.” —\u003ci\u003ePlays International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781408113462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594647285966,"sku":"9781408113462","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_3525ac49-e1c2-407d-bff7-301f2cc2aeee.jpg?v=1637813559","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781408113462","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}