Lady Gregory and Irish National Theatre Art, Drama, Politics /

• Main Author: Remport, Eglantina (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries
• Subjects: Theater-History.; Theater.; Theater-Production and direction.; British literature.; Theatre History.; National/Regional Theatre and Performance.; Theatre Industry.; Theatre Direction and Production.; British and Irish Literature.

This book is the first comprehensive critical assessment of the aesthetic and social ideals of Lady Augusta Gregory, founder, patron, director, and dramatist of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. It elaborates on her distinctive vision of the social role of a National Theatre in Ireland, especially in rel...