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1 online resource (230 pages) |
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Cover; DION BOUCICAULT; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Becoming Boucicault; LONDON AND PARIS; AMERICA: SENSATIONALISING THE CONTEMPORARY; THE OCTOROON: THE MOST CONTEMPORARY OF ALL; CHAPTER 2: Nationalism, race and class in The Colleen Bawn; THE COLLEEN BAWN -- AN IRISH OCTOROON?; LONDON; DUBLIN; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3: Music, myth and censorship in Arrah-na-Pogue; A DUBLIN PREMIERE; COMMAND NIGHT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL; 'PLAYS ARE NOT WRITTEN; THEY ARE REWRITTEN'; 'THE WEARING OF THE GREEN'; LONDON, MARCH 1865. |
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LONDON, 1867 AND 1868DUBLIN, NOVEMBER 1868; 'THE WEARING OF THE GREEN': IRELAND AND ABROAD; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 4: Alternative readings: The Rapparee and Daddy O'Dowd; THE RAPPAREE, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 1870; SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE; THE RAPPAREE, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 1870; DADDY O'DOWD, NEW YORK, 1873; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 5: The politics of exile: The Shaughraun in New York; THE POLITICS OF EXILE; CONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE OF IRELAND; POLITICAL 'SPICE AND FLAVOR'; THE 'IRISH OF IRELAND'; THE CATHOLIC PRIEST; BETWEEN TWO WORLDS; CONCLUSION. |
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CHAPTER 6: 'Audiences are not political assemblies': The Shaughraun in LondonTHE SHAUGHRAUN AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE; THE POLITICS OF THE DRAMA; BOUCICAULT'S LETTER TO DISRAELI: 'ONE WORD FOR THE FENIAN PRISONERS'; THE ENGLISH PRESS RESPONDS; THE IRISH RESPONSE; THE BOUCICAULT FUND; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7: Supporting the Land League: The O'Dowd; INTRODUCTION; RETURN TO THE LONDON STAGE; THE O'DOWD; STAGING A BOYCOTT; BOUCICAULT'S POLITICAL STATEMENT; RECEPTION: 'THIS IS TOO MUCH!'; WITHDRAWAL; CONCLUSION; ROBERT EMMET: A CODA; Conclusion: Towards an Irish national drama; FINAL YEARS. |
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BOUCICAULT AND THE IRISH LITERARY RENAISSANCECURTAIN-CALL; Appendix; DION BOUCICAULT'S OPEN LETTER TO THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, JANUARY 1876; Notes; INTRODUCTION; 1 BECOMING BOUCICAULT; 2 NATIONALISM, RACE AND CLASS IN THE COLLEEN BAWN; 3 MUSIC, MYTH AND CENSORSHIP IN ARRAH-NA-POGUE; 4 ALTERNATIVE READINGS: THE RAPPAREE AND DADDY O'DOWD; 5 THE POLITICS OF EXILE: THE SHAUGHRAUN IN NEW YORK; 6 'AUDIENCES ARE NOT POLITICAL ASSEMBLIES': THE SHAUGHRAUN IN LONDON; 7 SUPPORTING THE LAND LEAGUE: THE O'DOWD; CONCLUSION: TOWARDS AN IRISH NATIONAL DRAMA; Bibliography. |
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PRIMARY SOURCESSECONDARY SOURCES; Index. |
| Summary |
The first full critical study of Dion Boucicault, one of the most dynamic and influential figures in nineteenth-century theatre. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890.
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Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890. |
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Theater -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
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Theater. |
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Ireland. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McFeely, Deirdre. Dion Boucicault : Irish Identity on Stage. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107007932 |
| ISBN |
9781139379847 (electronic book) |
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1139379844 (electronic book) |
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1139051741 (electronic book) |
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9781139051743 (electronic book) |
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9781139376983 |
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1139376985 |
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9781107007932 |
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1107007933 |
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9786613633484 |
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