Patrick Lonergan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4043712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Lonergan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Lonergan |
| SIGNATURE | LONERGAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5598-5044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond: Feminist Ecocriticism of Science Fiction and Ecofeminist Science Fiction: International Perspectives on Gender, Ecology, and Literature
These two edited collections in the Routledge Studies in World Literature and the Environment series share an editor (Douglas A. Vakoch) and a single broad objective – namely, the exploration of ov
‘To Know How It Ends/And Still Begin to Sing It Again’: Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown , the Climate Crisis, and Recursive Ecodramaturgies
Hadestown is a musical play that is preoccupied with the importance of cycles, both in life and in art. That characteristic is evident musically, theatrically, thematically and dramaturgically – as is shown in such examples as the repetition of musical motifs and lyrical phrases in the score, the use of a revolving stage in the original production (as directed by Rachel Chavkin, and designed by Rachel Hauck), the adaptation by Mitchell of the sto…
Race in Irish Literature and Culture
Race in Irish Literature and Culture provides an in-depth understanding of intersections between Irish literature, culture, and questions of race, racialization, and racism. Covering a vast historical terrain from the sixteenth century to the present, it spotlights the work of canonical, understudied, and contemporary authors in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and among diasporic Irish communities. By focusing on questions related to Black Irish ident…
Imperial Encore: The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire
Imperial Encore aims to explore the impact of British cultural diplomacy in Africa from the 1930s to the 1980s, focusing on broadcasting and publishing (but also including other artforms, notably t
‘It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home …’: Beckett as national performance
This article explores how nations such as Ireland interact with each other – and seek to understand themselves – by appropriating theatre-makers and other artists, using them to perform versions of that nation to the outside world. This topic is considered through an exploration of the Irish state’s appropriation of Samuel Beckett as an icon that represents positive images of Irishness both within and beyond Ireland. This process is explored from…
A Twisted, Looping Form: Staging dark ecologies in Ella Hickson’s Oil
In Dark Ecology (2016), Timothy Morton argues that one of the challenges presented by the impact of human activity upon the environment is that [w]e are faced with the task of thinking at temporal and spatial scales that are unfamiliar, even monstrously gigantic (25). The advent of the Anthropocene era thus requires us to understand the agency of the individual in the context of a geological epoch that will persist for thousands of generations, a…
Critical Companion to Native American and First Nations Theatre and Performance: Indigenous Spaces
This foundational study offers an accessible introduction to Native American and First Nations theatre by drawing on critical Indigenous and dramaturgical frameworks. It is the first major survey book to introduce Native artists, plays, and theatres within their cultural, aesthetic, spiritual, and socio-political contexts. Native American and First Nations theatre weaves the spiritual and aesthetic traditions of Native cultures into diverse, dyna…
Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950
Drawing on major new archival discoveries and recent research, Patrick Lonergan presents an innovative, highly readable and informative account of Irish drama and theatre since 1950. The book focuses on the many Irish dramatists, actors and directors who have achieved international prominence during that period, starting with Samuel Beckett, Siobhan McKeanna and Brendan Behan in the 1950s, continuing with Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, and concludin…
The Gate Theatre, Dublin: Inspiration and Craft
Irish Theatre in Transition: From the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century
The Irish Theatre in Transition explores the ever-changing Irish Theatre from its inception to its vibrant modern-day reality. This book shows some of the myriad forms of transition and how Irish thea
The Theatre of David Henry Hwang
The Theatre of Brian Friel: Tradition and Modernity
Brian Friel is Ireland's foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has won numerous awards, including three Tonys and a Lifetime Achievement Arts Award. Author of twenty-five plays, and whose work is studied at GCSE and A level (UK), and the Leaving Certificate (Ire), besides at undergraduate level, he is regarded as a classic in contemporary drama studies. Christopher Murray's Critical Companion is the definitive guide to Frie…
I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair”: Beckettian and Faustian Allusions in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus
In a press interview in April 2007, Conor McPherson correctly anticipated the \nimminent conclusion of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ period – the decade-long economic \nboom that had transformed Ireland into one of the world’s richest countries.1 \n‘We’re not comfortable with success in this country,’ he claimed. ’It’s posttraumatic \nstress from our colonial past or whatever. As Irish people, we’re not \nable to celebrate what’s good about Ireland. Ireland…
The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is one of the world's most popular dramatists. This is a highly readable and illuminating analysis of his career to date that will appeal to the legions of fans of his stage plays and the films Six Shooter and In Bruges. As a resource for students and practitioners it is unrivalled, providing an authoritative and enquiring approach to his work that moves beyond the tired discussions of national identity to offer a comprehensive cr…
Too Dangerous to Be Done: Martin McDonagh's Lieutenant of Inishmore
Although it was written in 1994,1 Martin McDonagh's Lieutenant of Inishmore could find no theatre willing to produce it until seven years later: having been rejected by the Royal National Theatre (
The Representation of Phineas Finn: Anthony Trollope's Palliser Series and Victorian Ireland
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Developing Reflective Practice: Making Sense of Social Work in a World of Change
The Theatre of David Henry Hwang
The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is one of the world's most popular dramatists. This is a highly readable and illuminating analysis of his career to date that will appeal to the legions of fans of his stage plays and the films Six Shooter and In Bruges. As a resource for students and practitioners it is unrivalled, providing an authoritative and enquiring approach to his work that moves beyond the tired discussions of national identity to offer a comprehensive cr…
Developing Reflective Practice: Making Sense of Social Work in a World of Change
The Representation of Phineas Finn: Anthony Trollope's Palliser Series and Victorian Ireland
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Too Dangerous to Be Done: Martin McDonagh's Lieutenant of Inishmore
Although it was written in 1994,1 Martin McDonagh's Lieutenant of Inishmore could find no theatre willing to produce it until seven years later: having been rejected by the Royal National Theatre (
I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair”: Beckettian and Faustian Allusions in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus
In a press interview in April 2007, Conor McPherson correctly anticipated the \nimminent conclusion of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ period – the decade-long economic \nboom that had transformed Ireland into one of the world’s richest countries.1 \n‘We’re not comfortable with success in this country,’ he claimed. ’It’s posttraumatic \nstress from our colonial past or whatever. As Irish people, we’re not \nable to celebrate what’s good about Ireland. Ireland…
The Theatre and Films of Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh is one of the world's most popular dramatists. This is a highly readable and illuminating analysis of his career to date that will appeal to the legions of fans of his stage plays and the films Six Shooter and In Bruges. As a resource for students and practitioners it is unrivalled, providing an authoritative and enquiring approach to his work that moves beyond the tired discussions of national identity to offer a comprehensive cr…
The Theatre of Brian Friel: Tradition and Modernity
Brian Friel is Ireland's foremost living playwright, whose work spans fifty years and has won numerous awards, including three Tonys and a Lifetime Achievement Arts Award. Author of twenty-five plays, and whose work is studied at GCSE and A level (UK), and the Leaving Certificate (Ire), besides at undergraduate level, he is regarded as a classic in contemporary drama studies. Christopher Murray's Critical Companion is the definitive guide to Frie…
Irish Theatre in Transition: From the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century
The Irish Theatre in Transition explores the ever-changing Irish Theatre from its inception to its vibrant modern-day reality. This book shows some of the myriad forms of transition and how Irish thea
The Theatre of David Henry Hwang
The Gate Theatre, Dublin: Inspiration and Craft
Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950
Drawing on major new archival discoveries and recent research, Patrick Lonergan presents an innovative, highly readable and informative account of Irish drama and theatre since 1950. The book focuses on the many Irish dramatists, actors and directors who have achieved international prominence during that period, starting with Samuel Beckett, Siobhan McKeanna and Brendan Behan in the 1950s, continuing with Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, and concludin…
‘It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home …’: Beckett as national performance
This article explores how nations such as Ireland interact with each other – and seek to understand themselves – by appropriating theatre-makers and other artists, using them to perform versions of that nation to the outside world. This topic is considered through an exploration of the Irish state’s appropriation of Samuel Beckett as an icon that represents positive images of Irishness both within and beyond Ireland. This process is explored from…
A Twisted, Looping Form: Staging dark ecologies in Ella Hickson’s Oil
In Dark Ecology (2016), Timothy Morton argues that one of the challenges presented by the impact of human activity upon the environment is that [w]e are faced with the task of thinking at temporal and spatial scales that are unfamiliar, even monstrously gigantic (25). The advent of the Anthropocene era thus requires us to understand the agency of the individual in the context of a geological epoch that will persist for thousands of generations, a…
Critical Companion to Native American and First Nations Theatre and Performance: Indigenous Spaces
This foundational study offers an accessible introduction to Native American and First Nations theatre by drawing on critical Indigenous and dramaturgical frameworks. It is the first major survey book to introduce Native artists, plays, and theatres within their cultural, aesthetic, spiritual, and socio-political contexts. Native American and First Nations theatre weaves the spiritual and aesthetic traditions of Native cultures into diverse, dyna…
Imperial Encore: The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire
Imperial Encore aims to explore the impact of British cultural diplomacy in Africa from the 1930s to the 1980s, focusing on broadcasting and publishing (but also including other artforms, notably t
Race in Irish Literature and Culture
Race in Irish Literature and Culture provides an in-depth understanding of intersections between Irish literature, culture, and questions of race, racialization, and racism. Covering a vast historical terrain from the sixteenth century to the present, it spotlights the work of canonical, understudied, and contemporary authors in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and among diasporic Irish communities. By focusing on questions related to Black Irish ident…
Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond: Feminist Ecocriticism of Science Fiction and Ecofeminist Science Fiction: International Perspectives on Gender, Ecology, and Literature
These two edited collections in the Routledge Studies in World Literature and the Environment series share an editor (Douglas A. Vakoch) and a single broad objective – namely, the exploration of ov
‘To Know How It Ends/And Still Begin to Sing It Again’: Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown , the Climate Crisis, and Recursive Ecodramaturgies
Hadestown is a musical play that is preoccupied with the importance of cycles, both in life and in art. That characteristic is evident musically, theatrically, thematically and dramaturgically – as is shown in such examples as the repetition of musical motifs and lyrical phrases in the score, the use of a revolving stage in the original production (as directed by Rachel Chavkin, and designed by Rachel Hauck), the adaptation by Mitchell of the sto…
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