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Cultural Convergence : The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pilný, Ondřej.
Other Authors: van den Beuken, Ruud., Walsh, Ian R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cultural Convergence
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Introduction: Cultural Convergence at Dublin's Gate Theatre
  • Works Cited
  • 2 The Internationalist Dramaturgy of Hilton Edwards and Micheál mac Liammóir
  • Hilton Edwards: Theatricalizing the Irish Stage
  • Micheál mac Liammóir: Internationalizing Irish-Language Drama
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • 3 Gearóid Ó Lochlainn: The Gate Theatre's Other Irish-Speaking Founder
  • Introduction
  • Formative Years
  • Denmark
  • An Comhar Drámuíochta
  • Ó Lochlainn and the Gate Theatre
  • Ó Lochlainn's Post-Gate Career
  • An Actor in Search of an Audience
  • Works Cited
  • 4 The Transnational Roots of Key Figures from the Early Years of the Gate Theatre, Dublin
  • New Interculturalism and Intercultural Performance
  • Hilton Edwards
  • Micheál mac Liammóir
  • Coralie Carmichael
  • Nancy Beckh
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • 5 The Other Gates: Anglo-American Influences on and from Dublin
  • The London Gate
  • Familiar Narratives Concerning the Foundation of the Dublin Gate Reviewed
  • Links Between the Gates: Projected Programming, Exchange of Plays and the Circulation of Key Theatrical Personnel
  • Hitherto Unrecognized Influence
  • The London Gate as a 'Parent' Theatre and Its Artistic Impetus for Other Theatres
  • Reorganization in Hollywood: The 'Third Gate'14
  • Continuing the Policy of the Gate Theatre at the Watergate Theatre Club
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • 6 The Brothers Čapek at the Gate: R.U.R. and The Insect Play
  • R.U.R.
  • Textual History
  • R.U.R. by the Gate
  • Reception
  • Problem with Audiences
  • The Insect Play
  • Textual History
  • The Gate Production
  • Reception
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • 7 Kismet: Hollywood, Orientalism and the Design Language of Padraic Colum's Mogu of the Desert
  • Works Cited.
  • 8 Prussian Discipline and Lesbian Vulnerability: Christa Winsloe's Children in Uniform at the Gate
  • The Genealogy of Children in Uniform
  • Burnham's Adaptation of Gestern und heute
  • Children in Uniform's Route to the Gate
  • The Script of Children in Uniform at the Gate
  • The Sight and Sound of Children in Uniform at the Gate
  • The Critical Reception of the Gate Production
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • 9 'We Belong to the World': Christine Longford's War Plays During Irish Neutrality
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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