General works / Richard M. Kain -- Nineteenth-century writers / James F. Kilroy -- Oscar Wilde / Ian Fletcher and John Stokes -- George Moore / Helmut E. Gerber -- Bernard Shaw / Stanley Weintraub -- W.B. Yeats / Richard J. Finneran -- J.M. Synge / Weldon Thornton -- James Joyce / Thomas F. Staley -- Four revival figures: Lady Gregory, A.E. (George W. Russell), Oliver St. John Gogarty, and James Stephens / James F. Carens -- Sean O'Casey / David Krause -- Modern drama / Robert Hogan, Bonnies K. Scott, and Gordon Henderson.