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“But It Was Changing,” “And Now I Can’t Go Back”: Reflections of a Changing Ireland In the Work of Conor McPherson

Hill, Christopher Austin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274909465

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2010, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Theatre.
This thesis discusses the plays of Irish playwright Conor McPherson in the context of the Celtic Tiger. This study first seeks to clarify McPherson’s work by distancing it from that of Martin McDonagh and others that are a part of a genre called “In-Yer-Face Theatre” as coined by theorist Aleks Sierz. The study then uses Kenneth Burke’s “cluster analysis” to describe two of McPherson’s plays—This Lime Tree Bower and The Weir— as artifacts of an Irish culture that is changing in response to Celtic Tiger. Next, McPherson’s plays Port Authority and Shining City are discussed as artifacts of a changed, or “new,” Ireland, that exists at the end of the Celtic Tiger. Finally, the conclusion makes a case for McPherson’s place amongst the great writers of Irish theatre—Yeats, Lady Gregory, Synge, and Friel—because of the history revealed within the timelessness of his plays.
Joy Reilly, PhD (Advisor)
Alan Woods, PhD (Committee Member)
139 p.
Theater
Theatre; Irish Theatre; Conor McPherson; Kenneth Burke; Celtic Tiger

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  • Hill, C. A. (2010). “But It Was Changing,” “And Now I Can’t Go Back”: Reflections of a Changing Ireland In the Work of Conor McPherson [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274909465

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hill, Christopher. “But It Was Changing,” “And Now I Can’t Go Back”: Reflections of a Changing Ireland In the Work of Conor McPherson. 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274909465.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hill, Christopher. "“But It Was Changing,” “And Now I Can’t Go Back”: Reflections of a Changing Ireland In the Work of Conor McPherson." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1274909465

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