Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Yeat's theatre of the heart -- Lady Gregory: coming to terms -- Synge: ironic revolutionary -- O'Casey: in search of a hero -- Into the twilight: Robinson, Johnston, Carroll -- Shades of the prison-house: Shiels, D'Alton, Molloy, Behan -- Revolutionaory times: "A Generation of playwrights' -- 'A Modern ecstasy': playing the North -- 'A National dream-life': the contemporary drama.
