Syracuse University Press
The Playboy of the Western World?A New Version : A Critical Edition
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9780815638339
ISBN13:
9780815638339
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$84.08
Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle?s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge?s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-out run when it was produced at Dublin?s Abbey Theater in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2009. The new version is set in a contemporary Dublin pub and features the character of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in the lead role. Under the coauthorship of Bisi Adigun, artistic director of Arambe Productions?Ireland?s first African theater company?and best-selling, Booker Prize?winning novelist Roddy Doyle, the play engages with issues of race and immigration in modern Ireland and aims to be a model for intercultural collaboration. This critical edition features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the play?s themes, cultural significance, critical reception, and the legal case that cut short its successful production run. Though the play was first produced over a decade ago, the topic of migration has only increased in its global importance over that time, and this adaptation of Playboy remains a popular touchstone among scholars of Irish theater and immigration.
| Author: Bisi Adigun, Roddy Doyle |
| Publisher: Syracuse University Press |
| Publication Date: May 15, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 0815638337 |
| ISBN-13: 9780815638339 |
The Playboy of the Western World?A New Version : A Critical Edition
$84.08
Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle?s centenary adaption of J. M. Synge?s classic The Playboy of the Western World had a sold-out run when it was produced at Dublin?s Abbey Theater in 2007 and was brought back by popular demand in 2009. The new version is set in a contemporary Dublin pub and features the character of a Nigerian asylum-seeker in the lead role. Under the coauthorship of Bisi Adigun, artistic director of Arambe Productions?Ireland?s first African theater company?and best-selling, Booker Prize?winning novelist Roddy Doyle, the play engages with issues of race and immigration in modern Ireland and aims to be a model for intercultural collaboration. This critical edition features the full text of the play, published for the first time, along with a collection of essays exploring the play?s themes, cultural significance, critical reception, and the legal case that cut short its successful production run. Though the play was first produced over a decade ago, the topic of migration has only increased in its global importance over that time, and this adaptation of Playboy remains a popular touchstone among scholars of Irish theater and immigration.
| Author: Bisi Adigun, Roddy Doyle |
| Publisher: Syracuse University Press |
| Publication Date: May 15, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 0815638337 |
| ISBN-13: 9780815638339 |
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