UID:
almahu_9948028272702882
Format:
IX, 130 p. 2 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
ISBN:
9783030020088
Series Statement:
Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Content:
This book is a comprehensive study of comic women in performance as Irish Political Melodrama from 1890 to 1925. It maps out the performance contexts of the period, such as Irish “poor” theatre both reflecting and complicating narratives of Irish Identity under British Rule. The study investigates the melodramatic aesthetic within these contexts and goes on to analyse a selection of the melodramas by the playwrights J.W. Whitbread and P.J. Bourke. In doing so, the analyses makes plain the comic structures and intent that work across both character and action, foregrounding comic women at the centre of the discussion. Finally, the book applies a “practice as research” dimension to the study. Working through a series of workshops, rehearsals and a final performance, Colleary investigates comic identity and female performance through a feminist revisionist lens. She ultimately argues that the formulation of the Comic Everywoman as staged “Comic” identity can connect beyond the theatre to her “Everyday” self. This book is intended for those interested in theatre histories, comic women and in popular performance. .
Note:
1. Popular Theatre in Ireland -- 2. Melodrama and its Discontents -- 3. Comic Women at work in Irish Political Melodrama: The Rule of Three -- 4. Ways of Playing – Ways of Seeing: Comic Women at work in Irish Political Melodrama; A Practice as Research Approach.
In:
Springer eBooks
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783030020071
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783030020095
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-02008-8
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02008-8
