The theatre and films of Conor McPherson : conspicuous communities /
The spellbinding premiere of The Weir at the Royal Court in 1997 was the first of many works to bring Conor McPherson to the attention ofthe theatrer going public. Acclaimed plays followed, including Shining City,The Seafarer, The Night Alive and Girl from the North Country, garnering international...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
New York : Methuen Drama,
2019.
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| Series: | Critical companions
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| Summary: | The spellbinding premiere of The Weir at the Royal Court in 1997 was the first of many works to bring Conor McPherson to the attention ofthe theatrer going public. Acclaimed plays followed, including Shining City,The Seafarer, The Night Alive and Girl from the North Country, garnering international acclaim and being regularly produced around the globe. McPherson has also had significant successes as a theater director, film director and screenwriter, most notably, with his award-winning screenplay for I Went Down.This companion offers a detailed and engaging critical analysis of the plays and films of Conor McPherson. It considers issues of gender and class disparity, violence and wealth in the cultural and political contexts in which the work is written and performed, as well as the inclusion of song, sound, the supernatural, religious and pagan festive sensibilities through which initial genre perceptions are nudged elsewhere, towards the unconscious and ineffable. Supplemented by a number of contributed critical and performance perspectives, including an interview with Conor McPherson, this is a book to be read by theater audiences, performance makers and students who wish to explore, contextualize and situate McPherson's provocative, exquisite and generation-defining writings and performances. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 235 pages : 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350051218 1350051217 |