This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Irelands key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s. Impressively wide-ranging in coverage; Theatre and the State in Twentieth-Century Ireland: Cultivating the People includes discussions on: *the politics of the Irish literary movement at the Abbey Theatre before and after political independence; *the role of a state-sponsored theatre for the post-1922 unionist government in Northern Ireland; *the convulsive effects of the Northern Ireland conflict on Irish theatre. Lionel Pilkington draws on a combination of archival research and critical readings of individual plays; covering works by J. M. Synge; Sean OCasey; Lennox Robinson; T. C. Murray; George Shiels; Brian Friel; and Frank McGuinness. In its insistence on the details of history; this is a book important to anyone interested in Irish culture and politics in the twentieth century.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. MessBy SmartypantsIts a sad mess of moral garbage disparaging marriage and love. It does expose to me; at least; the depravity of even civilized Great Britain; without the new birth of the Spirit of God in the heart. Perhaps love is just sentimentality to a pagan world; but to someone with agape in their heart; it has such a vital beat that it compels action that may seem impossible to the unsaved.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. What can I say......By Jacqueline1960Were talking about reading the works of George Bernard Shaw! Very nice reading regarding marriage which should should be read by all who are to be married and why not by those who already are!12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. A good satire on engagements; marriages; and divorcesBy Israel DrazinTwo themes drive this 1908 witty drama by one of Englands top playwrights as he discusses and makes fun of engagements; marriages; and divorces. The first theme is the educational insufficiency and snobbery of the English; a persistent Shaw theme. One only needs to think of the well-known apt description of the English by another author: only wild dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon-day sun. And one only needs to be reminded of how the English treated the "colonies" in a thoughtless self-interested manner. The second theme is the foolishness associated with relationships and marriages; especially the inability of most people to grow; mature; and sustain a relationship that by nature changes as people become older; and the civil and religious laws associated with marriage. Who; for example; would want a spouse for both "better and for worse"?