'Hear My Song' - Greenwood, Joseph
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A major obstacle for the scholar of theatre is the ephemerality of a dramatic performance. How can we know the specifics of an event that has been and gone, an occurrence that can never be repeated? This book proposes that by considering the use of songs within a dramatic production we can gain a deeper understanding of past performances, especially with regard to their communal reception. Why did a playwright employ a certain song? How might it have affected an audience? Arguing that certain song types constitute forms of collective memory, the author explores Irish theatre from the 1950s and…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
A major obstacle for the scholar of theatre is the ephemerality of a dramatic performance. How can we know the specifics of an event that has been and gone, an occurrence that can never be repeated? This book proposes that by considering the use of songs within a dramatic production we can gain a deeper understanding of past performances, especially with regard to their communal reception. Why did a playwright employ a certain song? How might it have affected an audience? Arguing that certain song types constitute forms of collective memory, the author explores Irish theatre from the 1950s and 1960s to show that songs are a valuable means by which we can gauge changes in the popular consciousness. By necessity, songs mutate so that they can continue to express and affirm collective memories and therefore fit the zeitgeist of their socio-cultural contexts.

Through its detailed research, this book demonstrates that retrospectively analysing the dramatic employment of well-known songs not only helps us better understand the performances and reception of a selection of Irish plays, but also challenges orthodox narratives of Éamon de Valera's Ireland.
Autorenporträt
Joseph Greenwood holds a PhD from Queen's University Belfast. He is currently a lecturer in English literature at Soran University in Iraqi Kurdistan, where he is carrying out research into Kurdish songs about independence and emigration.
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«[...] Greenwood invites readers, and theatre-makers, to return to original creative works - many of which have been neglected - with a renewed critical appetite. For these reasons, Hear My Song is a useful and attractive addition to Peter Lang's Re-Imagining Ireland Series; the 85th title published since its launch in 2008.»
(Victor Merriman, The Irish Times Mar.3, 2018)

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