The Emergence of the Irish Peasant Play at the Abbey Theatre |
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Page 81
... peasant were disappointing to the Christchurch public because the characters lacked the " fire and energy " that they were used to seeing on the stage , the dancing and extravagant language and gesture , and the general characteristics ...
... peasant were disappointing to the Christchurch public because the characters lacked the " fire and energy " that they were used to seeing on the stage , the dancing and extravagant language and gesture , and the general characteristics ...
Page 82
... characters and the low life peasant characters . Whereas Griffin tried to show a realistic picture of the social conflicts in the novel on which the play is based , Boucicault romanticizes and idealizes the differences . Eily O'Connor ...
... characters and the low life peasant characters . Whereas Griffin tried to show a realistic picture of the social conflicts in the novel on which the play is based , Boucicault romanticizes and idealizes the differences . Eily O'Connor ...
Page 83
... peasant speech so that she will become a fitting wife for a man of his class , in true Doolittle fashion . Eily : Oh ... peasant characters is much more natural than the stilted quality of the scenes between the Ascendancy characters ...
... peasant speech so that she will become a fitting wife for a man of his class , in true Doolittle fashion . Eily : Oh ... peasant characters is much more natural than the stilted quality of the scenes between the Ascendancy characters ...
Contents
The Production of the Peasant Play | 33 |
Literary Precursors of the Peasant Play | 65 |
The Playwrights | 97 |
Copyright | |
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