This work provides an overview of Irish theatre, read in the light of Ireland's self-definition.
Mediating between history and its relations with politics and art, it attempts to do justice to the enabling and mirroring preoccupations of Irish drama.
About the Author Christopher Murray is a senior lecturer in English and former director of the Drama Centre at University College, Dublin.
He is the editor of Irish University Review.
Syracuse University Press Twentieth-century irish drama: mirror up to nation, paperback/christopher murray
