Bøker av Joan Fitzpatrick Dean

Drawing upon unpublished material from the Friel archive at the National Library of Ireland, Joan FitzPatrick Dean contrasts the expressly theatrical elements of Brian Friel's play "Dancing at Lughnasa" and their cinematic counterparts.

In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of significant historical, political, and religious events became increasingly popular - and increasingly grand - in Ireland. Dean explores the historical significance of these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to political or religious imperatives in twentieth-century Ireland.

Riot and Great Anger suggests that while there was no state censorship, the theatre often evoked heated responses from theatregoers, sometimes resulting in riots and the public denouncement of playwrights and artists. This text examines the plays that provoked these controversies.