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The comic everywoman in Irish popular theatre = political melodrama, 1890-1925 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The comic everywoman in Irish popular theatre/ by Susanne Colleary.
Reminder of title:	political melodrama, 1890-1925 /
Author:	Colleary, Susanne.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	ix, 130 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Women comedians - History - 20th century. - Ireland -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02008-8
ISBN:	9783030020088

The comic everywoman in Irish popular theatre = political melodrama, 1890-1925 /
Colleary, Susanne.

The comic everywoman in Irish popular theatrepolitical melodrama, 1890-1925 /[electronic resource] :by Susanne Colleary. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - ix, 130 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in comedy. - Palgrave studies in comedy..

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.

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.

ISBN: 9783030020088

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-02008-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1211779
Women comedians
--History--Ireland--20th century.

LC Class. No.: PN1590.W64 / C65 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 792.7028082

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