20th Century Irish Theatre – Autumn 2011 – Essay Questions
With reference to Two or Three plays/performances, discuss the relationship between the urban and
the rural on the twentieth-century Irish stage
Drawing on Two or Three plays and/or performances examine how violence has been critiqued by
Irish playwrights.
In what ways have ideas around Mythology and/or Memory informed the staging of ‘Irishness’ in the
twentieth century? Please refer to Two or Three plays/performances in your answer.
What relationship has the Irish stage had to the concepts of either Identity or Community? Discuss
with reference to Two or Three plays/performances.
‘The representation of the Irish woman on stage is that of Madonna, Matriarch or Magdalene’.
Discuss this statement with reference to Two or Three plays/performances