03523nam 22005775 450 991030343430332120200706012557.03-030-02008-810.1007/978-3-030-02008-8(CKB)4100000007335208(MiAaPQ)EBC5627356(DE-He213)978-3-030-02008-8(EXLCZ)99410000000733520820181230d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Comic Everywoman in Irish Popular Theatre Political Melodrama, 1890-1925 /by Susanne Colleary1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (136 pages)Palgrave Studies in Comedy3-030-02007-X 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. .Palgrave Studies in ComedyComedyPopular CultureTheaterEurope—Politics and governmentComedy Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411230Popular Culture https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/411170National/Regional Theatre and Performancehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/415080European Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911130Comedy.Popular Culture.Theater.Europe—Politics and government.Comedy Studies.Popular Culture .National/Regional Theatre and Performance.European Politics.822.914792.7028082Colleary Susanneauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut926805BOOK9910303434303321The Comic Everywoman in Irish Popular Theatre2081442UNINA