Features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the playâ s themes, cultural significance, critical reception, and the legal case that cut short its successful production run.
Features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the playâ s themes, cultural significance, critical reception, and the legal case that cut short its successful production run.
Jason King is academic coordinator of the Irish Heritage Trust in Dublin. He has coedited several books on Irish culture and history, including Interculturalism and Performance Now: New Directions? and a special issue of Irish Studies Review. Matthew Spangler is professor of performance studies at San José State University and writer in residence for the Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts in Kells, Ireland. He is the author or coauthor of many plays, including The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Albatross, and The Kite Runner, which was recently produced on Broadway. He is also coeditor of the volume Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives.
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Introduction Jason King and Matthew Spangler The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle 1. Identity, Audience, and Power Dynamics in The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version, 2007 Kelly Matthews 2. The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version in Adaptation Practice and Theory Matthew Spangler 3. The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version, the Celtic Tiger, and the Immigrant-as-Sequel Sarah L. Townsend 4. The Intercultural Theater Wars and The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version Emer O’Toole 5. Contemporary Irish Theater, the New Playboy of the Western World Controversy, and the Economic Crisis Jason King 6. A New Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre A Catalyst for Change or a Change for Catalyst? Bisi Adigun
Introduction Jason King and Matthew Spangler The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle 1. Identity, Audience, and Power Dynamics in The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version, 2007 Kelly Matthews 2. The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version in Adaptation Practice and Theory Matthew Spangler 3. The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version, the Celtic Tiger, and the Immigrant-as-Sequel Sarah L. Townsend 4. The Intercultural Theater Wars and The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version Emer O’Toole 5. Contemporary Irish Theater, the New Playboy of the Western World Controversy, and the Economic Crisis Jason King 6. A New Playboy of the Western World at the Abbey Theatre A Catalyst for Change or a Change for Catalyst? Bisi Adigun
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