Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the course students should:

be familiar with a range of contemporary Irish plays; be aware of issues of representation, convention and innovation in contemporary Irish theatre;
be able to discuss and write critically about contemporary theatre practice in Ireland;
be familiar with current sources on contemporary Irish theatre.

Indicative Module Content:

List of Seminars


21/01 Introduction (EJ)

28/01 The Weir by Conor McPherson (EJ)

04/02 The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh (EJ)

11/02 The Mai by Marina Carr (SH)

THEATRE VISIT: TBC
All students are expected to draft a review prior to their SGT.

18/02 One Upon a Time & Not So Long Ago by Bisi Adigun (EJ)

25/02 Override Stacy Gregg (AT)

03/03 Performance Review (EJ)


Theatre Review due 06/03 at 14:00: Deliver to Drama and Film Studies Administrator, Newman Building

Reading Weeks

24/03 The Factory Girls by Frank McGuinnesss (EJ)

31/03 Howie The Rookie by Mark O’Rowe (EJ)

07/04 I know my Own Heart by Emma Donoghue (SH)

14/04 A Woman in Progress by Panti Bliss (CM)

21/04 Conclusion/Overview (EJ)

Student Effort Type	Hours
Specified Learning Activities	30
Autonomous Student Learning	48
Lectures	11
Small Group	11
Total	100

Not applicable to this module.

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  

Description	Timing		Component Scale		% of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Work prepared in advance of Small Group Teaching	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	20
Project: Mid semester review	Week 7	n/a	Graded	No	20
Essay: Final Essay	Coursework (End of Trimester)	n/a	Graded	No	60

 

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Spring	No

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

Students will be given feedback on their theatre reviews within two weeks of the probject submission.

This is only a list of plays taught in the past. The plays evaluated do change, depending on what can be seen live.
Required Readings


Adigun, Bisi, One Upon a Time & Not So Long Ago in
Staging Intercultural Ireland: New Plays and Practitioner Perspectives, edited by Charlotte McIvor and Matthew Spangler (Cork: Cork University Press, 2014)
Carr, Marina, The Mai in Plays 1 (London: Faber, 1999)
Gregg, Stacy, Override (London: Nick Hern Books, 2013)
Donoghue, Emma, I know my Own Heart is published in Emma Donoghue: Selected Plays (London: Oberon Books, 2015) and in Seen and Heard: Six New Plays by Irish Women, ed. by Cathy Leeney (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2001).
McDonagh, Martin, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (London: Methuen, 2001)
McGuinness, Frank, The Factory Girls in Plays One (London, Faber and Faber, 1996)
McPherson, Conor, The Weir (London: Nick Hern Books, 1998)
O’Rowe, Mark, Howie the Rookie (London: Nick Hern Books, 1999)
Panti Bliss, A Woman in Progress in Fintan Walsh’s Queer Notions: New Plays and Performances from Ireland (Cork: Cork University Press, 2010).


Blackboard
Numerous articles will be available to you on Blackboard
Recommended Readings

Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance Studies Reader, eds, Finola Cronin and Eamonn Jordan (EBOOK, 2016)
The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance, eds Eamonn Jordan and Eric Weitz (2018)
Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Drama edited by Nicholas Grene and Chris Morash (Oxford 2016)

Dissident Dramaturgies: Contemporary Irish Theatre, Jordan, Eamonn, (Dublin: IAP, 2010)
Irish Drama and Theatre Since 1950 by Patrick Lonergan (London: Methuen, 2019)
Contemporary Irish Drama, Roche, Anthony (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2009)
The Theatre of Marina Carr: “before rules was made”, edited by Cathy Leeney and Anna McMullan (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2003)
Theatre Talk: Interviews with Irish Theatre Practitioners edited by Lilian Chambers, Dan Farrelly, Ger Fitzgibbon, Cathy Leeney and Eamonn Jordan (Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2001)
A Century of Irish Drama: Widening the Stage edited by Stephen Watts (Indiana University Press, 2000)
In-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today, Sierz, Aleks (London: Faber, 2001)
Druids, Dudes and Beauty Queens: The Changing Face of Irish Theatre edited by Dermot Bolger (New Island, 2001)

Numerous other publications will be suggested throughout the semester.

Name	Role
Dr Emma Bennett	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Fiona Charleton	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Paul Halferty	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Shonagh Hill	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Clara Mallon	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Ashley Taggart	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Helena Young	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Justine Zapin	Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Salome Paul	Tutor
Justine Zapin	Tutor

Autumn
Lecture	Offering 1	Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks	Wed 14:00 - 14:50
Small Group	Offering 1	Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4	Wed 15:00 - 15:50
Small Group	Offering 1	Week(s) - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12	Wed 15:00 - 15:50
Small Group	Offering 2	Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks	Wed 16:00 - 16:50
Small Group	Offering 3	Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks	Thurs 10:00 - 10:50
Small Group	Offering 4	Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks	Thurs 11:00 - 11:50
Autumn