D’Unbelievables – One Hell of a Do

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theatre books I would to like to own

The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh (Critical Companions) [Paperback]

Martin McDonagh is one of the world’s most popular dramatists. This is a highly readable and illuminating analysis of his career to date that will appeal to the legions of fans of his stage plays and the films Six Shooter and In Bruges. As a resource for students and practitioners it is unrivalled, providing an authoritative and enquiring approach to his work that moves beyond the tired discussions of national identity to offer a comprehensive critical exploration. Patrick Lonergan provides a detailed analysis of each of his plays and films, their original staging, critical reception, and the connections within and between the Leenane Trilogy, the Aran Islands plays and more recent work. It includes an interview with Garry Hynes, artistic director of Druid Theatre Company, and offers four critical essays on key features of McDonagh’s work by leading international scholars: Joan FitzPatrick Dean, Eamonn Jordan, Jose Lanters and Karen O’Brien. A series of further resources including a chronology, glossary, notes on McDonagh’s use of language and a list of further reading makes this the perfect companion to one of the most exciting dramatists writing today.

Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era [Paperback]

Globalization is transforming theatre everywhere. As writers seek to exploit new opportunities to produce their work internationally, audiences are seeing the world – and the stage – differently. And, as national borders became more fluid, the barriers between economics and culture are also becoming weaker. In this groundbreaking study, now available in paperback, Patrick Lonergan explores these developments, placing them in the context of the transformation of Ireland – the ‘most globalized country in the world’ – since the early 1990s. Drawing on archival material that has never before been published, this study sheds new light on the culture of Celtic Tiger Ireland , focusing on such writers as Brian Friel, Sean O’Casey, Marie Jones, Martin McDonagh, Marina Carr and Conor McPherson. In doing so, it shows how globalization poses difficult questions for authors and audiences – and reveals how we can begin to come to terms with these new developments

Interactions: Dublin Theatre Festival 1957-2007: 3 (Irish Theatrical Diaspora) [Paperback]

This publication is a must for any student of Irish theatre or any theatre practitioner or admirer interested in the cultural history of modern Irish theatre. –Books Ireland, March 2009

Echoes Down the Corridor: Irish Theatre – Past, Present, and Future (IASIL Studies in Irish Writing) [Paperback]

his collection of fourteen new essays explores Irish theatre from exciting new perspectives. How has Irish theatre been received internationally and, as the country becomes more multicultural, how will international theatre influence the development of drama in Ireland? As Ireland changes, how should we think about the works of familiar figures writers like Synge, O’Casey, Friel, Murphy, Carr, and McGuinness? Is the distinction between popular and literary drama tenable in a Celtic Tiger Ireland where the arts and economics are becoming increasingly intertwined? And is it time to remember less established Irish writers? Drawing together a range of international experts, this book aims to answer these and many other important questions

Irish Drama: Local and Global Perspectives

Since the late 1970s there has been a marked internationalization of Irish drama, with individual plays, playwrights, and theatrical companies establishing newly global reputations. This book reflects upon these developments, drawing together leading scholars and playwrights to consider the consequences that arise when Irish theatre travels abroad. Contributors: Chris Morash, Martine Pelletier, José Lanters, Richard Cave, James Moran,Werner Huber, Rhona Trench, Christopher Murray, Ursula Rani Sarma, Jesse Weaver, Enda Walsh, Elizabeth Kuti.

Synge and his Influences: Centenary Essays from the Synge Summer School [Paperback]Book of Essays

he year 2009 was the centenary of the death of John Millington Synge, one of the world s great dramatists. To mark the occasion, this book gathers essays by leading scholars of Irish drama, aiming to explore the writers and movements that shaped Synge, and to consider his enduring legacies. The essays discuss Synge s work in its Irish, European and world contexts showing his engagement not just with the Irish literary revival but with European politics and culture too. It also explores Synge s influence on later writers: Irish dramatists such as Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and Marina Carr, as well as international writers like Mustapha Matura and Erisa Kironde. It also considers Synge s place in Ireland today, revealing how The Playboy of the Western World has helped to shape Ireland s responses to globalisation and multiculturalism, in celebrated productions by the Abbey Theatre, Druid theatre, and Pan Pan theatre company. Contributors include Ann Saddlemyer, Ben Levitas, Mary Burke, Paige Reynolds, Eilís Ní Dhuibhne, Mark Phelan, Shaun Richards, Ond ej Pilný, Richard Pine, Alexandra Poulain, Emilie Pine, Melissa Sihra, Sara Keating, Bisi Adigun, Adrian Frazier and Anthony Roche.

Patrick Lonergan,  is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at NUI Galway He blogs at http://patricklonergan.wordpress.com : “Scenes from the Bigger Picture”

Performance, Nation and Globalization Summer School at NUI Galway

Scenes from the Bigger Picture

We’ll be running a Summer School on Performance and Globalization at NUI Galway later this week. We’re going to be looking not just at theatre (David Greig, Conor McPherson) but also at such performances as the Eurovision Song Contest, Mad Men, and more.

The event is intended for postgraduate students of theatre, but if anyone would like to attend, just drop me a line on patrick.lonergan@nuigalway.ie

Performance, Nation and Globalization Summer School

Funded by the Irish Research Council

National University of Ireland, Galway

17-18 July 2013

This two-day Summer School explores the interrelationships between performance and nation in an era of increasing globalization. We will consider major international dramatists such as J.M Synge and David Greig, but the discussion will also take in other forms of performance, including the Eurovision Song Contests, recent American TV drama including Mad Men and Breaking Bad, and new devised work from Ireland by…

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From the Sopranos to the Americans

Scenes from the Bigger Picture

Like many others this morning, I’m sad to learn of the death of James Gandolfini, and shocked that he was only 51. As his recent performance in Zero Dark Thirty showed, he seemed on the verge of shaking off his associations with Tony Soprano – and of doing something that could match or even surpass his achievement in playing that role. And I understand that he became a father again last year. It’s terrible to see someone so young passing away.

I am sure that there will now be many articles reminding us that The Sopranos re-defined television – that, without that show, there would have been no Six Feet Under, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or The Wire.

The Sopranos itself could probably not have happened without Twin Peaks, of course – but David Lynch’s show had always seemed anomalous, with its innovations misunderstood as…

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And there’s one for everyone in the audience(s): Macbeth and the ordinary spectator

Anthony Daly hurling by day regular Leadership and Motivational speaker by night

nthony Daly

Anthony DalyHailing from Clarecastle in County Clare, Anthony Daly has arguably been one of the most prominent GAA personalities over the past two decades. In the 1990’s as Captain of the Clare Senior Hurlers, he inspired and led his team to two All-Ireland Hurling and three Munster Titles. For the best part of the nineties, Clare dominated the hurling landscape with Daly’s inspirational leadership style a rallying call for management and team-mates alike. Daly picked up three All-Star awards in three different positions during this period and was known for his ruthless, uncompromising style of play. With his beloved club Clarecastle, Daly won five County and one Munster club title.

Having retired as one of the most successful Captains in Hurling, Daly turned to management of the Clare Senior Hurlers in late 2003, a position he held for three years. In 2005, Clare came within minutes of toppling Cork and reaching the All Ireland Final against Kilkenny. Having managed an ageing Clare side to another Semi-Final in 2006, Daly retired following the defeat to Kilkenny.

After a brief hiatus, Daly returned to club management in 2007 with Kerry club Kilmoyley, leading them to back to back county championships in 2008 and 2009. Daly also began his broadcasting career with RTE and The Sunday Game. Regarded as one of the most charismatic characters in the game, Daly’s opinionated, direct and humorous style was a huge hit with GAA fans but this stage of his career was cut-short when he returned to inter-county management with the Dublin Hurlers in November 2008.

After significant progress in 2009, Daly was dealt a hammer blow in 2010 when Antrim knocked Dublin out at the All Ireland Quarter Final stage. Daly re-grouped and an inspired Dublin squad captured the 2011 National League Title an over-whelming victory against Kilkenny.

Daly is now a regular Leadership and Motivational speaker with corporate clients including Diageo and Vodafone.

http://www.speakersolutions.ie/Anthony_Daly/Default.1342.html

Preview: A Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650-1900

A Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650-1900
Rolf Loeber & Magda Loeber, with Anne M. Burnham

Most Irish fiction published between 1650 and 1900 has fallen into virtual oblivion. Research by the Loebers for their Guide to Irish Fiction has led to the identification of hundreds of unknown or forgotten Irish authors and their works, and provides thousands of summaries of novels and anthologies. Carefully documented, A Guide to Irish Fiction presents details of the publication of Irish fiction in Ireland, England, and North America, as well as several other European countries. Written for literary scholars and students and for anyone interested in Ireland and its literature, this book constitutes an essential tool for historians, librarians, collectors of Irish books, and antiquarian booksellers.
Rolf Loeber and Magda Loeber, University of Pittsburg, have extensively published on Irish history and literature and are known for their pioneering research. Anne M. Burnham is an independent researcher at Pittsburgh.

This book is expensive retailing at €81 on Four Courts Press website

parnell Summer school :

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s visit to Ireland and his assassination, the 2013 Parnell Summer School will explore the place of Kennedy and Parnell in history and will pay tribute to these two remarkable men in the beautiful setting of the Avondale demesne, Parnell’s ancestral home. Other aspects of the Irish-American connection will also be considered, and the speakers include leading authorities from Ireland and America

HURSDAY, AUGUST 15th
10:00: Lecture
Rolf Loeber & Magda Loeber, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Irish-American fiction: Memories of hardship and arcadia
Chair: James H. Murphy, Professor of English, DePaul University, Chicago

ahead of Adrian Frazier at 11.30

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Prof Sean Ryder (English,NUI Galway) Chairperson of HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area.

Congratulations to Prof Sean Ryder (Head of English Department NUI Galway)   who has been re-elected as Chairperson of HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area.
This consortium of 21 humanities funding research councils plus the European Science Foundation fund transnational research programmes under a variety of themes.

Sean Ryder received his PhD from University College Dublin. He teaches film studies, American poetry, critical and cultural theory, and Irish writing. His research interests include 19thC Irish culture and politics (with a particular interest in the works of Thomas Moore, James Clarence Mangan, and cultural nationalism), and the theory and practice of textual editing. He is currently project leader for TEXTE (Transfer of Expertise in Technologies of Editing), a research and training programme in textual editing with new technologies funded by EU 6th Framework Programme, and is also project leader for the Thomas Moore Hypermedia Archive, a hypermedia archive and critical edition of the works of Thomas Moore, funded by Irish Research Council for Humanities and the Social Sciences. He a former director of the multi-disciplinary MA in Culture & Colonialism. He has published on various aspects of 19thC Irish nationalism and culture, and on Irish cinema.

http://www.heranet.info/

Click to access Research-Matters-Issue-5.pdf

History(NUG) goes interactive!

History has recently created a new social media presence. After discussions with Zara Sheerin of the Press and Information Office, NUI Galway History decided to set up a Facebook page, a twitter feed and a blog. It is hoped that they will help publicise the activities and interests of staff and students both within NUI Galway and to an external audience.

National University of Ireland, Galway (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The blog, edited by Kevin O’Sullivan ( Head of B.A. (Single Honours) History ) and Niall Ó Ciosáin,( Head of 1st year Joint-honours B.A) features posts by members of staff and associates on themes of historical interest. The initial entries included musings on the relationship of the Corrib to the city of Galway, an old vinyl recording of De Valera, a Festschrift from 1913, as well as notices of book launches and conferences. Check it out at the link below!r Their Full-time administrator, Helena Condon, has created a very colourful Facebook page. While it will not replace Blackboard as the primary tool of communication with students, it will help make current and former students aware of what is happening in History. We already have over 200 likes! Helena is also responsible for the twitter feed, which directs traffic to both the blog and the Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/NUIGalwayHistory

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Dr Sean Crosson – Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna

Dr. Seán Crosson of the Huston School of Film & Digital Media was recently appointed Visiting Professor (in “Irish Cultural Studies”) at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna for the Winter Term, 2013-2014. Dr. Crosson will be contributing to courses on Irish Cultural Studies during his time at the University of Vienna with particular emphasis on the media, society and culture in Ireland past and present.

Dr. Seán Crosson is Programme Director of the MA in Film Studies and the MA in Screenwriting in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media. He has published widely on film, focusing in particular in recent years on the representation of sport in film, and on Irish literature.

Contributions to several major collections in recent years
Over the past four years, Dr. Crosson has researched and uncovered important depictions of sport in film, in particular of Gaelic games, and his work has been the subject of articles in The Irish Times, an RTÉ news report and TV documentaries (including the TG4 series “GAA125 Bliain”). His research in this area has also resulted in contributions to several major collections in recent years, including the award-winning volume The Gaelic Athletic Association 1884-2009 and Screening Irish-America: Representing Irish-America in Film and Television
Top selling sport-themed DVD in Ireland
Most recently Dr. Crosson did the research towards, and provided the liner notes for, the DVD release, GAA Gold – All Ireland Hurling Championship Finals 1948-1959, which made available rarely seen footage of hurling all-Irelands in these years and was one of the top selling sport-themed DVDs in Ireland in 2010. He is co-editor of four collections published over the past three years including (with Dr. Philip Dine) Sport, Representation and Evolving Identities in Europe (Peter Lang, 2010); (with Dr. Rod Stoneman) The Quiet Man…and Beyond: Reflections on a Classic Film, John Ford, and Ireland (Liffey Press, 2009); (with Dr. Nessa Cronin & Dr. John Eastlake) Anáil an Bhéil Bheo: Orality and Modern Irish Culture (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009); and (with Anne Karhio and Charles I. Armstrong) Crisis and Contemporary Poetry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). He is also author of the monograph ’The Given Note’ Traditional Music and Modern Irish Poetry (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008) which was one of the first book-length studies on the relationship of Irish poetry with traditional music. Dr. Crosson’s research has also been featured at leading international cultural events including Milwaukee Irish Fest in 2009 and at the Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2010. He is currently working on a monograph examining the representation of sport in film to be published by Routledge in 2012 and has also recently co-edited with Dr. Philip Dine from the Discipline of French a special issue, on sport and the media in Ireland, for the prestigious international journal, Media History, which will be published in April this year.

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