T.C. Murray, Dramatist: Voice of the Rural Ireland

by Albert DeGiacomo

Overview

Drawing on the archives of libraries in Dublin, New York City, and Boston, Albert J. DeGiacomo assesses T. C. Murray's contribution to the Irish dramatic movement. One of "the Cork realists" of the Abbey Theatre, Murray wrote seventeen plays in one, two, or three acts. A prominent National Teacher and a seemingly apolitical playwright in the Irish Literary Revival, Murray expressed nationalistic aspirations in his peasant tragedies. His characters' drive for self-determination and their religious consciousness mark Murray's dramatic landscape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815629450
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	Irish Studies
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Albert J. DeGiacomo is an assistant professor in the English and Theater Department at Berea College in Kentucky. His articles have appeared in Irish University Review and Éire-Ireland.