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The 1930s' plays (1936-1940) -- Battle of angels and Orpheus descending (1939-1941 and 1957) -- The glass menagerie (1942-1945) -- Summer and smoke and Eccentricities of a nightingale (1945-1948 and 1964) -- A streetcar named desire (1945-1947) --...
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The 1930s' plays (1936-1940) -- Battle of angels and Orpheus descending (1939-1941 and 1957) -- The glass menagerie (1942-1945) -- Summer and smoke and Eccentricities of a nightingale (1945-1948 and 1964) -- A streetcar named desire (1945-1947) -- The rose tattoo and Camino real (1951 and 1946-1953) -- Cat on a hot tin roof (1951-1955) -- Suddenly last summer and Sweet bird of youth (1953-1959) -- The night of the iguana (1940-1948 and 1959-1961) -- The later plays (1961-1983) -- Critical perspectives. All in the timing: the meanings of Streetcar in 1947 and 1951 / Bruce McConachie -- A broken romance: Tennessee Williams and America's mid-century theatre culture / John S. Bak -- "A vast traumatic eye": culture absorbed and refigured in Tennessee Williams's transitional plays / Felicia Hardison Londré -- "There's something not natural here": grotesque ambiguities in Tennessee Williams's Kingdom of earth, A cavalier for milady, and A house not meant to stand / Annette J. Saddik. "This work provides an analysis of Willams's dramatic work. With the centennial of his birth celebrated amid a flurry of conferences devoted to his work in 2011, and his plays a central part of any literature and drama curriculum and ubiquitous in theatre repertoires, he remains a giant of twentieth century literature and drama. In this major study of his work the author examines his life and career and provides an analysis of more than a score of his key plays, including in-depth studies of major works such as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and others. She traces the artist figure who features in many of Williams's plays to broaden the discussion beyond the normal reference points."--
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...
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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 t
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Martin McDonagh: facts and fictions; 1 The Leenane Trilogy; Leenane: murder capital of Europe; Homecomings: The Beauty Queen of Leenane; All the dead voices: A Skull in Connemara; A sainted glory: The Lonesome West; Staging The Leenane Trilogy; 2 The Aran Islands plays; 'A life that never found expression': Imagining the Aran Islands; 'Ireland mustn't be such a bad place': The Cripple of Inishmaan; 'A political what-do-ya-call-it': The Lieutenant of Inishmore; The Aran Islands plays in production; 3 World plays
Martin McDonagh: a world dramatist?''There were once upon a time two brothers': The Pillowman; 'Not so much a vision as . . . some other kinda thing': A Behanding in Spokane; The plays in production; 4 The films; Martin McDonagh as filmmaker; 'Today was the last straw': Six Shooter; 'A matter of honour': In Bruges; 5 Performance and critical perspectives; 'Monstrous children': Garry Hynes in conversation; 'Like Tottenham': Martin McDonagh's postmodern morality tales; A symbiotic relationship: the works of Martin McDonagh and ecocriticism
McDonagh and postcolonial theory: practices, perpetuations, divisions and legaciesMcDonagh's gender troubles; Conclusion; A fashionably downbeat ending; Resources; Chronology; A note on language; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Guide to allusions; Further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Notes on Contributors
