Modern Irish drama

1 primary work

The Art of the Amateur, 1916-20

by Robert Hogan and Richard Burnham

Published 1 January 1984

Describes the Irish theatre during the turbulent years of the Easter Rising, its violent aftermath, and WWI, charting the way the theatre coped with, mirrored, and, curiously, often ignored the trauma of the times. "Will be a source for writers on the th